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A Place of Execution - Val McDermid

 

Description: ISBN 0006512631 / Author: Val McDermid / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... story encompasses an investigation that leads to the suspicion of murder without a body. The book is written in two halves ... more

 ... (two “books”), necessarily so, and is done so skilfully and with such precision and attention to detail that the halves are entirely complimentary. I’ve read books like this before and have often been frustrated by the first or the second half and ended up making a comparison of which is better or more articulately written. This is not so with “A Place of Execution”. The characters are interesting, engaging and strong and understandably focus heavily on the Police involvement in the investigation and their subs...more

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Fantasybeliever
Crowned Review A Place of Execution - Val McDermid: A FAIR TRIAL ... WITHOUT A BODY? (1632 words)
by Fantasybeliever - written on 17.09.05 (Very useful, 144 readings)
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~~~INTRODUCTION~~~ I buy a lot of books from charity shops – after all they’re cheap, accessible, tend to have an impressive range of genres available and at the same time you’re supporting a good cause in a way that offers a benefit to you as well as the organisation concerned. I found myself in the local Oxfam shop a couple of months ago. Recently refurbished, it holds a remarkable collection of books, organised by author making it easy to see what’s on offer. I was delighted and surprised to see an early Val McDermid book on sale for the princely sum of £1.50 and in almost pristine condition, so of course, I had to have it. This is my fourth ...

caro
Crowned Review A disappointment (606 words)
by caro - written on 16.07.00 (Very useful, 43 readings)
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This mystery from Val McDermid is an absorbing story, enjoyable to read. The plot is effectively in two parts, a clever combination of police procedural and amateur detective novels. However, while worth reading, it is ultimately disappointing because of shortcomings which detract from the plot. The book is firmly rooted in its setting: an isolated village, Scardale, in the Peak District, at the time of the Moors Murders. Scardale’s physical isolation is reflected in its closely-related families and feudal attitudes. The outside world, in the form of the police, intrudes when the squire’s step-daughter goes missing. The village closes ranks ...

TeeCee
Premium Review A Place of Execution - Val McDermid: Predictably good (562 words)
by TeeCee - written on 05.04.01 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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Val McDermid is best known for her two series of crime thrillers - the rather light-hearted novels with PI Kate Brannigan and the far darker ones with criminal profiler Dr Tony Hill. A Place of Execution breaks out of these moulds in that it is a stand-alone novel. It has much of the darkness of the Tony Hill books without the level of explicit violence. The most notable point of this book is its unusual structure. It's not so much a single book as two books. Or possibly even three. Let me explain... The book is based around the disappearance in the '60s of schoolgirl Alison Carter. The setting is an isolated Derbyshire village, which ...

 

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