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Highlights
- 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 expectation on its head and reminds us that what we know is what we do not know.
- About the Author: Val McDermid was a journalist for sixteen years and is now a full-time writer living in South Manchester.
- 416 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
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About the Book
One of the most acclaimed novels of suspense of our time, A Place of Execution won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was hailed by critics as "a marvel from start to finish" (The Wall Street Journal) and "a modern masterpiece" (The Denver Post).Book Synopsis
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 expectation on its head and reminds us that what we know is what we do not know.
On a freezing day in December 1963, Alison Carter vanishes from her rural village, 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 suspected 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 that reverberates through the years. Decades later Bennett finally tells his story to journalist Catherine Heathcote, but just when the book is poised for publication, he unaccountably tries to pull the plug. He has new information that he refuses to divulge, new information which threatens the very foundations of his existence. Catherine is forced to reinvestigate the past, with results that turn the world upside down.A Place of Execution is winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel.
Review Quotes
"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 SupplementAbout the Author
Val McDermid was a journalist for sixteen years and is now a full-time writer living in South Manchester. In 1995, she won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year for The Mermaids Singing. Her novel A Place of Execution won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.15 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Theme: Hard-Boiled
Format: Paperback
Author: Val McDermid
Language: English
Street Date: October 27, 2009
TCIN: 90817391
UPC: 9780312644536
Item Number (DPCI): 247-47-1962
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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