A tense and powerful police procedural set in the city of Durham where a murdered preacher may be more monstrous than his own killer.

There's the lost.
There's the missing.
And there's the taken.

She asked me once if we had any secrets, and I shook my head.
'No secrets between us,' she said.
'No,' I answered. 'Never ever.'

In a Durham hotel at dawn, celebrated preacher Tristan Snow is murdered as he prays. None of the other guests - not even his daughter, his wife, or her sister - saw or heard anything.

But then again, they all had a motive for murder.

Detective Inspector Erica Martin is confronted by secrets and lies, lost in a case where nothing is what it seems.

With no answers, DI Martin is consumed by questions: Is anyone in this family innocent? When the victim might have been a monster - is there such a thing as justice? And does anyone deserve to die?

Praise for Alice Clark-Platts:

'Had me on the edge of my sun lounger. Excellent plotting and a genuinely unguessable resolution to the mystery'
Sophie Hannah

'Grabbed me from the first page and wouldn't let go. A compelling read, beautifully written ... A tense, captivating tale, brilliantly told'
Rachel Abbott

'A gripping, highly charged thriller'
Ralph Fiennes

'A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller'
Emma Kavanagh

'Superb ... A very assured page-turning storm I read in one sitting'
Stav Sherez

'Intriguing and sinister with masterful plotting and tension'
Mel Sherratt

In a Durham boarding house at dawn, Pastor Tristan Snow is murdered while he prays.

About the Author
Alice Clark-Platts is a former human rights lawyer who has worked at the UN International Criminal Tribunal in connection with the Rwandan genocide, and on cases involving Winnie Mandela and the rapper Snoop Dogg. She studied at Durham University and is a graduate of the Curtis Brown creative writing course whose fiction has been shortlisted for literary prizes.

Reviews
Praise for Bitter Fruits * : *
This had me on the edge of my sun lounger for a whole day. Excellent plotting and a genuinely unguessable resolution to the mystery * Sophie Hannah *
A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller * Emma Kavanagh *
Grabbed me from the first page and wouldn't let go. A compelling read, beautifully written ... A tense, captivating tale, brilliantly told * Rachel Abbott *
A gripping, precise and highly charged thriller * Ralph Fiennes *



Book Information
ISBN 9780718181109
Author Alice Clark-Platts
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 277g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 24mm