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A review by lisam0183_bookworm
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
5.0
What I can I say other than - wow! This was a typical Val book for me - slow to start, then it picks up pace and gets you hooked and then the bombshell is dropped that blows your mind at the end. I would never have guessed that ending in a million years.
Thirteen year old Alison Carter goes missing in 1963 and everyone in the village knows it was murder. Catherine Heathcote remembers it well and now a journalist persuades DI George Bennett to tell his side of the story. Then a fresh lead emerges and Bennett tries to stop the story.
I loved George Bennett's character - he's just how I always imagine a 1960's detective to be. He stuck to his guns and went with what evidence they unravelled.
Thirteen year old Alison Carter goes missing in 1963 and everyone in the village knows it was murder. Catherine Heathcote remembers it well and now a journalist persuades DI George Bennett to tell his side of the story. Then a fresh lead emerges and Bennett tries to stop the story.
I loved George Bennett's character - he's just how I always imagine a 1960's detective to be. He stuck to his guns and went with what evidence they unravelled.