{"product_id":"the-taken-di-erica-martin-book-2","title":"Alice Clark-Platts: The Taken [2016] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tense and powerful police procedural set in the city of Durham where a murdered preacher may be more monstrous than his own killer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere's the lost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere's the missing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd there's the taken.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe asked me once if we had any secrets, and I shook my head. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'No secrets between us,' she said. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'No,' I answered. 'Never ever.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then again, they all had a motive for murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetective Inspector Erica Martin is confronted by secrets and lies, lost in a case where nothing is what it seems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Alice Clark-Platts:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Had me on the edge of my sun lounger. Excellent plotting and a genuinely unguessable resolution to the mystery'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophie Hannah\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Grabbed me from the first page and wouldn't let go. A compelling read, beautifully written ... A tense, captivating tale, brilliantly told'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A gripping, highly charged thriller'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalph Fiennes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping thriller' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Kavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superb ... A very assured page-turning storm I read in one sitting'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStav Sherez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intriguing and sinister with masterful plotting and tension' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMel Sherratt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clark-Platts, Alice","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":48690319851859,"sku":"XG80718181109","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/clark-platts-alice-the-taken-di-erica-martin-book-2-xg80718181109-56156916187475.jpg?v=1726517462","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/the-taken-di-erica-martin-book-2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}