{"product_id":"a-place-of-execution-paperback","title":"A Place of Execution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Greek tragedy in modern England, Val McDermid's \u003ci\u003eA Place of Execution\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Place of Execution\u003c\/i\u003e is winner of the 2000 \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize and a 2001 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Mermaids Singing\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003eA Place of Execution\u003c\/i\u003e won a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134436151431,"sku":"9780312644536","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/88ab0efb283b16358fdb1777cc4754f4.webp?v=1732641806","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-place-of-execution-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}