Bitter Fruits
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  • Published: 2 July 2015
  • ISBN: 9780718180966
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $40.00

Bitter Fruits

DI Erica Martin Book 1

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A stunning debut - part psychological thriller, part detective novel - from a powerful and distinctive new voice.

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 ...
  • Published: 2 July 2015
  • ISBN: 9780718180966
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $40.00
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About the author

Alice Clark-Platts

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. A graduate of the Curtis Brown creative writing course, her novel Warchild has been shortlisted for the Impress Prize 2013, and this first DI Erica Martin novel, Bitter Fruits, won the Furniss Lawton Crime and Thriller Prize for unpublished crime writers.

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