The Taken
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...
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...
Bitter Fruits
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 ...
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 ...