To Die For

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of To Die For by Alice Clark-Platts, read by Rachel Bavidge. 
 
In an empty car park, Ryan James sits in his car contemplating death. He has set up a hose pipe that is pouring carbon monoxide into the car, and his deciding whether or not to close the last window and end it all. Finally, he gets a text and decides to end his life. 
 
Detective Inspector Martin is called to the scene the next. At first she is convinced it is a simple suicide but as she looks deeper into the boy's life and his relationships she begins to wonder if someone else was involved.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of To Die For by Alice Clark-Platts, read by Rachel Bavidge. 
 
In an empty car park, Ryan James sits in his car contemplating death. He has set up a hose pipe that is pouring carbon monoxide into the car, and his deciding whether or not to close the last window and end it all. Finally, he gets a text and decides to end his life. 
 
Detective Martin is called to the scene the next day. At first she is convinced it is a simple suicide but as she looks deeper into the boy's life and his relationships she begins to wonder if someone else was involved.

DI Erica Martin Book 1

Bitter Fruits

A stunning debut - part psychological thriller, part detective novel - from a powerful and distinctive new voice. 
 
The murder of a first-year university student shocks the city of Durham. The victim, Emily Brabents, was from the privileged and popular set at Joyce College, a cradle for the country's future elite. 
 
As Detective Inspector Erica Martin investigates the college, she finds a close-knit community fuelled by jealousy, obsession and secrets. But the very last thing she expects is an instant confession . . . 
 
The picture of Emily that begins to emerge is that of a girl wanted by everyone, but not truly known by anyone. Anyone, that is, except Daniel Shepherd. Her fellow student, ever-faithful friend and the only one who cares. The only one who would do anything for her . . . 
 
Praise for Bitter Fruits: 
 
'There is a gripping, economic precision in this highly charged thriller.' 
Ralph Fiennes 
 
'Grabbed me from the first page and wouldn't let go. A compelling read, beautifully written ... A tense, captivating tale, brilliantly told' 
Rachel Abbott 
 
'Once I started reading it I couldn't stop. A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller.' 
Emma Kavanagh 
 
'Superbly gripping ... A very assured page-turning storm I read in one sitting.' 
Stav Sherez 
 
'A psychological police procedural ... An intelligent and thrilling debut.' 
Peter Guttridge, author and former Observer crime critic 
 
'Intriguing and sinister with masterful plotting and tension. A bittersweet read by a new crime author I can't wait to read again.' 
Mel Sherratt 
 
'A thought-provoking, atmospheric and emotional page turning thriller - brimming with mystery and suspense. I absolutely loved this novel, and devoured it from cover to cover.' 
Paul Pilkington

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.

The murder of a first-year student at Durham University shocks the city. But the very last thing anyone expects is an instant confession... 
 
As Detective Inspector Erica Martin investigates Joyce College, a cradle for the country's future elite, she finds a close-knit community of secrets, jealousy and obsession. 
 
The picture of the victim, Emily Brabents, that begins to emerge is that of a girl wanted by everyone, but not truly known by anyone. 
 
Anyone, that is, except Daniel Shepherd. Her fellow student, ever-faithful friend and the only one who cares. The only one who would do anything for her ...

Alice Clark-Platts

This had me on the edge of my sun lounger for a whole day. Excellent plotting and a genuinely unguessable resolution to the mystery

A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller

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

A gripping, precise and highly charged thriller

DI Erica Martin Book 2

In a Durham boarding house at dawn, Pastor Tristan Snow is murdered while he prays. 
 
Detective Inspector Erica Martin's investigation encounters a host of suspects all staying in the boarding house. 
 
Violet Snow, his daughter, who seems unsurprised by her father's murder. Sera Snow, his inscrutable wife. Her sister, Antonia, who was closer to the Pastor than anyone yet knows. And Fraser McKenzie, Snow's manager and best friend, who has his own dark secrets to hide. 
 
DI Martin soon learns that this is a case in which nothing is what it seems, and no-one is innocent...

Alice Clark-Platts

Praise for The Taken

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

A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller

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

A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller

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

A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller

Books by Alice Clark-Platts

Series by Alice Clark-Platts

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