Val McDermid - A Place of Execution
Taut psychological suspense thriller set in Peak District that unfolds like a Greek drama
World Book Club · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Acclaimed British writer Val McDermid discusses her page-turning crime novel A Place of Execution.
A taut psychological suspense thriller told through two overlapping and interlocking narratives, A Place of Execution takes place both in the present day as well as 1963 rural England with two different investigators exploring the disappearance of a 13 year old girl who vanished without a trace on a bitterly cold winter's afternoon.
This is not a cosy novel but one that confronts us with brutal realities and stirs up uncomfortable reactions, gripping the reader up to the very last page and its stunning conclusion.