{"product_id":"9780008373160","title":"A Place of Execution","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): McDermid, Val \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 11\/06\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 624 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008373160,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling Queen of crime fiction – Val McDermid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the Peak District village of Scardale, thirteen-year-old girls didn’t just run away. So when Alison Carter vanished in the winter of ’63, everyone knew it was a murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Catherine Heathcote remembers the case well. A child herself when Alison vanished, decades on she still recalls the sense of fear as parents kept their children close, terrified of strangers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Now a journalist, she persuades DI George Bennett to speak of the hunt for Alison, the tantalizing leads and harrowing dead ends. But when a fresh lead emerges, Bennett tries to stop the story – plunging Catherine into a world of buried secrets and revelations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘One of the all-time greats – special in every way’ Lee Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘This book changed everything I thought I knew about crime fiction’ Belinda Bauer, bestselling author of Snap\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Every now and then, a writer transforms the landscape of the literary canon: Val McDermid is one such writer’ Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Just mesmerizing’ Joseph Knox, bestselling author of Sirens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A brilliant book’ Holly Watt, award winning author of To the Lions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'From the first pages, we know we're in the hands of a master ' Jeffrey Deaver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Beautifully written’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'One of the best detective stories I've read' Ruth Rendell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Possibly the best McDermid has written’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Elly Griffiths and Lynda La Plante.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34465149485100,"sku":"9780008373160","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008373160.jpg?v=1759659759","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008373160","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}