OnafreezingDecembernightin1963,theworstkindoffearstrikesthesecludedNorthumberlandhamletofScardale.A13-year-oldgirlhasvanishedwithoutatrace.Againstalltheirinstincts,thetight-knitresidentsmustasktheoutsideworldforhelp.Morethan40yearslater,thedramaticeventssurroundingthegirl’sdisappearanceandthehuntforherkillerresurfacewhenahigh-flyingTVjournalistmakesadocumentaryaboutthecase.Butwhatshefindswillshatterthepast–andthelivesofeveryoneinvolved.JulietStevenson,LeeInglebyandGregWisestarinPlaceofExecution,atautpsychologicalthrillerfromCoastalProductions,makersofWireintheBlood.AdaptedbyacclaimedscriptwriterPatrickHarbinsonfromthebest-sellingnovelbyValMcDermid,thethree-partdramaissetinthepresentdaywithflashbackstothe1960s.Itco-starsTonyMaudsley,PhilipJackson,EmmaCunniffeandSheilaReid.