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A Place of Execution Val McDermid

A Place of Execution By Val McDermid

A Place of Execution by Val McDermid


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A riveting psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling Queen of crime fiction - Val McDermid.

A Place of Execution Summary

A Place of Execution by Val McDermid

A riveting psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling Queen of crime fiction - Val McDermid.

In the Peak District village of Scardale, thirteen-year-old girls didn't just run away. So when Alison Carter vanished in the winter of '63, everyone knew it was a murder.

Catherine Heathcote remembers the case well. A child herself when Alison vanished, decades on she still recalls the sense of fear as parents kept their children close, terrified of strangers.

Now a journalist, she persuades DI George Bennett to speak of the hunt for Alison, the tantalizing leads and harrowing dead ends. But when a fresh lead emerges, Bennett tries to stop the story - plunging Catherine into a world of buried secrets and revelations.

'This book changed everything I thought I knew about crime fiction' Belinda Bauer, bestselling author of Snap

'Every now and then, a writer transforms the landscape of the literary canon: Val McDermid is one such writer' Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle

'Just mesmerizing' Joseph Knox, bestselling author of Sirens

'A brilliant book' Holly Watt, award winning author of To the Lions

'From the first pages, we know we're in the hands of a master ' Jeffrey Deaver

'Beautifully written' Daily Telegraph

'One of the best detective stories I've read' Ruth Rendell

'Possibly the best McDermid has written' Sunday Telegraph

A Place of Execution Reviews

'This book changed everything I thought I knew about crime fiction' Belinda Bauer, bestselling author of Snap

'Every now and then, a writer transforms the landscape of the literary canon: Val McDermid is one such writer...It both moves and shocks, and yet compels us to read on. A Place of Execution reveals her as a master of her craft' Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle

'Just mesmerizing' Joseph Knox, bestselling author of Sirens

'A brilliant book. Val McDermid develops each character and location exquisitely, while the story blazes to an astonishing ending' Holly Watt, award winning author of To the Lions

'From the first pages, we know we're in the hands of a master this book will earn its author a place in that rare pantheon - the truly literary suspense novel' Jeffrey Deaver

'Beautifully written ... It may be that McDermid will write better novels than this in the future, but I do not see how' Daily Telegraph

'One of the best detective stories I've read' Ruth Rendell

'A substantial book and an impressive one, possibly the best McDermid has written and it takes this most accomplished writer into higher territory' Sunday Telegraph

'A Place of Execution is a wake-up call to crime writers everywhere. A terrific and original novel, brilliantly executed' Mirror

About Val McDermid

Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years, spending the last three years as Northern Bureau Chief of a national Sunday tabloid. Now a full-time writer, she divides her time between Cheshire and Northumberland. Her novels have won international acclaim and a number of prestigious awards, including the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year, the Anthony Award for best novel, and the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Award. Her thriller series featuring criminal profiler Tony Hill has been adapted into the much-loved TV series Wire in the Blood.

Additional information

GOR002257829
9780007344666
000734466X
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
Used - Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
20100304
624
N/A
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