ALICE CLARK-PLATTS is a former human rights lawyer who worked at the UN International Criminal Tribunal in connection with the Rwandan genocide and on cases involving Winnie Mandela and Snoop Dogg. She is the author of the police procedurals Bitter Fruits and The Taken. The latter was shortlisted for the Best Police Procedural in the Dead Good Reader Awards 2017. Her work was included in Deadlier:100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women, selected by Sophie Hannah.