About this book
A Place of Execution (1999) is among Val McDermid's most acclaimed standalone novels, a cold-case investigation into a 1963 Peak District disappearance told partly through a documentary-maker's retrospective research. It won both the CWA/Barry Award and the Anthony Award for Best Novel, and is often cited as one of her finest books outside any of her five ongoing series.
Key facts about A Place of Execution
A Place of Execution is a book by Val McDermid. Readers have had it since 1999. It runs to 529 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of A Place of Execution. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780002326766 to find the main one.
Val McDermid has 42 books in our catalogue. 33 of them belong to a series, while 9 stand alone. All 42 are out now. Other books by Val McDermid on file include Silent Bones (2025), Queen Macbeth (2024), Past Lying (2023) and 1989 (2022).
Before this one, Star Struck came out in 1998. After it came Killing the Shadows in 2000. Since then, our list has added 28 more books by Val McDermid.
Val McDermid has 5 series on file, such as Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan and Tony Hill and Carol Jordan. Those series sit on our crime fiction shelf. Meanwhile, This Door of the Seas is the latest published Val McDermid book on file, from 6 August 2026.
About Val McDermid
Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer whose career spans nearly four decades and five distinct series, making her one of the most prolific and structurally ambitious authors working in British crime fiction. See every Val McDermid book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780002326766
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780002326926
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780006512639