![]() ![]() Minato ( Confessions) has crafted an unnerving tale of tragedy, guilt, and penance. All these fully fleshed-out characters have suffered since Emily’s death, each in her own way. Fifteen years later, with the statute of limitations running out, each survivor relates the consequences of that warning for herself. Penance By Kanae Minato 9.99 Format: ebook 9.99 Audiobook Download (Unabridged) Trade Paperback 17.99 Also available from: Description A chilling Japanese psychological thriller and Edgar Award finalist about four women, forever connected by one horrible day in their childhood fifteen years later, someone wants to make sure they never forget. Emily’s mother blames the girls and warns them to “atone for what you’ve done, in a way I’ll accept,” if they can’t find the murderer. A recipient of the Radio Drama Award, the Detective Novel Prize for New Writers, and the National Booksellers' Award, Minato lives in Japan. When she doesn’t return, the other girls go looking for her only to discover her dead. Kanae Minato was a housewife before her debut novel Confessions skyrocketed to the top of the Japanese charts and turned her into the year's bestselling novelist. The stranger, claiming he has no ladder, says he needs someone to help him reach a ventilating fan in a pool changing room. One summer day, when they’re all 10, a strange man approaches the girls while they’re playing ball by the swimming pool of their small, rural Japanese town’s elementary school. ![]() Minato’s moving, tension-filled second novel charts the impact of a traumatic murder on four young women, Sae, Maki, Akiko, and Yuka, who were childhood friends of the victim, Emily. ![]()
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