A Place of Execution Quotes

“They think of policemen as they do of Labradors – noble, loyal, good with children, man’s protector and friend. In”
― Val McDermid, A Place of Execution

“Back in 1963, kids weren’t supposed to have feelings like adults. Grown-ups fed them all sorts of tales to shield them from things, thinking to protect them. The worst crime to the adult mind was disrupting the routine, for nothing would serve as a better signal to the younger generation that something was seriously wrong. So the world could have been about to end back in the dale, but Janet and her cousins still had to be dropped off at the lane end and packed off to school like it was any other morning.”
― Val McDermid, A Place of Execution

“That’s where I want to start.’ George scratched his head. ‘I don’t suppose you know how they’re all related?’ he asked, staring down at the map Tommy Clough had sketched out for him.”
― Val McDermid, A Place of Execution

“If might have beens were kings and queens, then we’d have kingdoms all.”
― Val McDermid, A Place of Execution

“evenings before he moved away.’ Wells’s eyes kept flickering away from the QC to the prisoner. He was clearly uncomfortable”
― Val McDermid, A Place of Execution