In Val McDermids "A Place of Execution" the author describes what happened in a remote English village around the murder of a schoolgirl. After a suspect is found and sentenced to death. Years later a journalist is aware of the case and researched by. And the investigating officer, now retired, receives a doubt. Great, as McDermid describes the atmosphere in rural England of the 50s and it manages to keep a story over a period of nearly 50 years exciting and logical.