num_pages: 416
description: Winter 1963: two children have disappeared in Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezing day in December, another child goes missing: 13-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from the isolated Derbyshire hamlet of Scardale. For the young George Bennett it is the beginning of his most difficult and harrowing case: a murder with no body, an investigation with more dead ends and closed faces than he'd have found in the inner city; an outcome that reverberates down the years.Decades later he tells his story to journalist Catherine Heathcote, but just when her book is poised for publication, Bennett tries to pull the plug. He has new information that he will not divulge, and that threatens the very foundation of his existence. Catherine is forced to reinvestigate the past, with results that turn the world upside down.A taut psychological thriller that explores, exposes and explodes the border between reality and illusion in a multilayered narrative that turns expectations on their head and reminds us that what we know is what we do not know...
language: English
title: A Place of Execution
titlecomplete: A Place of Execution
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Detective, Historical Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 16363
places: Great Britain
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best British Crime Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Mystery/Thriller, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Minotaur Books