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A journalist returns to her hometown to make a documentary about a 1963 disappearance case that haunted the community and a police officer. The series explores the past and present mysteries, the characters' secrets and the impact of the crime.
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- 2009-11
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 137
A Place of Execution is a crime novel by Val McDermid, first published in 1999. The novel won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the 2001 Dilys Award, was shortlisted for both the Gold Dagger and the Edgar Award, and was chosen by The New York Times as one of the most notable books of the year.
- Val McDermid
- 1999
Season 1 – Place of Execution on Masterpiece. A journalist returns to the village of Scardale to investigate the case of a missing schoolgirl.
Overview. On a freezing December night in 1963, 13-year-old Alison Carter took her dog for a walk and was never seen again. As the entire country watched, newly-promoted Detective Inspector George Bennett turned up enough evidence to see his suspect hanged and was hailed a hero by the people of Scardale.
Sep 17, 2001 · For the young George Bennett, a newly promoted inspector, 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 anonymity of the inner city, and an outcome which reverberates through the years.
A missing child case from 1963 becomes a psychological suspense novel that explores the border between reality and illusion. Read the synopsis, reviews, extract and watch the TV adaptation of this award-winning book.
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Back to Home Place of Execution. In this "absorbing [and] ingenious" (Variety) mystery, journalist Catherine Heathcote is making a film about the 1963 disappearance of a schoolgirl when events force her to reexamine the original investigation, led by DI George Bennett (Lee Ingleby, George Gently).
