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Place of Execution by Val McDermid (2001, Uk- a Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-100312979533

ISBN-139780312979539

eBay Product ID (ePID)1796199

Product Key Features

Book TitlePlace of Execution

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Crime, Mystery & Detective / Historical, Contemporary Women, Thrillers / General, Mystery & Detective / General

Publication Year2001

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorVal Mcdermid

FormatUk- a Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight8.3 Oz

Item Length6.7 in

Item Width4.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingA

Reviews"One of the most ingenious mystery novels ever."-- Newsday "Inventivly conceived and wonderfully written...A marvel from start to finish."-- Wall Street Journal "Val McDemid's best work to date."-- Times Literary Supplement, "One of the most ingenious mystery novels ever." -- Newsday "Inventivly conceived and wonderfully written...A marvel from start to finish." -- Wall Street Journal "Val McDemid's best work to date." -- Times Literary Supplement, "One of the most ingenious mystery novels ever."--Newsday "Inventivly conceived and wonderfully written...A marvel from start to finish."--Wall Street Journal "Val McDemid's best work to date."--Times Literary Supplement

Dewey Decimal823/.914

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisWinter 1963: two children have disappeared off the streets of Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezlng day in December, another child goes missing: thirteen-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from her town, an insular community that distrusts the outside world. For the young George Bennett, a newly promoted inspector, it is the beginning of his most difficult and harrowing case: a murder with no body, an investigation with more dead ends and closed faces than he'd have found in the anonymity of the inner city, and an outcome which reverberates through the years. Decades later he finally tells his story to journalist Catherine Heathcote, but just when the book is poised for publication, Bennett unaccountably tries to pull the plug. He has new information which he refuses to divulge, new information that threatens the very foundations of his existence. Catherine is forced to re-investigate the past, with results that turn the world upside down. A Greek tragedy in modern England, Val McDermid's A Place of Execution is a taut psychological thriller that explores, exposes and explodes the border between reality and illusion in a multi-layered narrative that turns expectations on their head and reminds us that what we know is what we do not know. A Place of Execution is winner of the 2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a 2001 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel.