A Greek tragedy in modern England Val McDermids A Place of Execution is a taut psychological thriller that explores exposes and explodes the border between reality and illusion in a multi-layered narrative that turns expectation on its head and reminds us that what we know is what we do not know.. On a freezing day in December 1963 Alison Carter vanishes from her rural village an insular community that distrusts the outside world. For the young George Bennett a newly promoted inspector it is the