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.