A review by horrorqueen
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid

4.0

An excellent, suspenseful and taut thriller. I loved that this book is told in 2 halves; a fascinating look at England in the 1960's to begin with (I particularly enjoyed the dive into what the police force of those years may have been like) and then a flash forward to the late 90's. It tells the story of George Bennett's investigation into a missing girl in a very rural village community. McDermid manages to realistically evoke the lives of this isolated community and at the same time, give a very real insight into the more middle-class lives of those investigating them.

I love Val McDermid books anyway, but for me, this has to be one of the best. It had great twists, characters that felt fully fleshed out and believable and a compelling central mystery.