Each adds additional details of the murder, in a Rashoman-like series of overlapping and contradictory accounts, to what slowly builds to a gothic twist. Years later, with Emily’s killer still on the loose, the victim’s mother curses them with a need to seek penance for their failure if the murderer is not caught within 15 years, or the statue of limitations for murder in Japan.Īs the deadline approaches, each woman reaches out to the victim’s mother with their own complex and suspenseful tales of atoning for their classmate’s demise. After schoolgirls Sae, Akiko, Maki, and Yuko witness the murder of classmate Emily, they fail to accurately describe the murderer. Kanae Minato’s second crime novel, Penance,already a popular mystery-turned-TV-series in Japan, was published early this year in US markets from the first page Penance plunges the reader into a profoundly disturbing tale of murder, consequences, and retribution.
Then the unthinkable occurs: Emily is found murdered hours later. When they were children, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko were tricked into separating from their friend Emily by a mysterious stranger.
Four different versions of what happened that day, and what followed–for each of them–in the years after. You can read this before Penance PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.įINALIST FOR THE 2018 EDGAR AWARD for BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL A BEST CRIME BOOK OF 2017–Literary Hub Four women, haunted by a childhood trauma. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Penance written by Kanae Minato which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: Penance by Kanae Minato
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