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A review by spencesational
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
5.0
Absolutely fantastic read.
Actually, I heard this rather than read it.
A young girl goes missing in the Derbyshire Dales and is presumed dead. A man is arrested for her rape and murder (despite no body ever being found), is convicted and is hanged. But was he the killer?
Originally released in 1999 it has since been aired on UK television (2008) where it was nominated for the TV Dagger at the Crime Thriller Awards and in the US under the title of Masterpiece: Contemporary in 2009.
The beginning is really slow for the first 150 to 200 pages and I was tempted to give up at this stage. Thankfully I didn't and it just got better and better from thereon in.
The fact that it is based on a true story and that I live not too far at all added to the fascination for me and it is not a surprise that this is (as of 28th August 2020) No.1 on Amazon's book charts.
This is the first Val McDermid book I have read/listened to and if the rest are even half as good as this was I am quickly going to be a Val McDermid fan.
It is no wonder that this book has won numerous awards and since its re-release I can see more on the way. Every. Single. One. Deserved.
Actually, I heard this rather than read it.
A young girl goes missing in the Derbyshire Dales and is presumed dead. A man is arrested for her rape and murder (despite no body ever being found), is convicted and is hanged. But was he the killer?
Originally released in 1999 it has since been aired on UK television (2008) where it was nominated for the TV Dagger at the Crime Thriller Awards and in the US under the title of Masterpiece: Contemporary in 2009.
The beginning is really slow for the first 150 to 200 pages and I was tempted to give up at this stage. Thankfully I didn't and it just got better and better from thereon in.
The fact that it is based on a true story and that I live not too far at all added to the fascination for me and it is not a surprise that this is (as of 28th August 2020) No.1 on Amazon's book charts.
This is the first Val McDermid book I have read/listened to and if the rest are even half as good as this was I am quickly going to be a Val McDermid fan.
It is no wonder that this book has won numerous awards and since its re-release I can see more on the way. Every. Single. One. Deserved.