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Penance

by Kanae Minato
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Penance
Penance

Haunting tale of guilt, curse, and atonement.

If the premise of a dark, unresolved childhood mystery already gives you shivers, "Penance" is right up your alley. Kanae Minato crafts a psychological landscape so intense that it's easy to find yourself deeply entrenched in the characters' guilt-ridden lives. The ticking clock to the fifteenth anniversary adds a palpable urgency, creating a page-turning experience where past and present collide with chilling implications.

  • Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original (2018)
  • Mystery Writers of Japan Award (日本推理作家協会賞) Nominee for Best Novel (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Penance

by Kanae Minato
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ISBN: 9780316349154
Authors: Kanae Minato
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Date of Publication: 2017-04-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Mystery/Crime/Thriller, Horror
Related Topics: Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense
Goodreads rating: 3.82
(rated by 12344 readers)

Description

One afternoon, five girls encounter a mysterious stranger at the neighborhood park. The stranger tricks Sae, Maki, Akiko, and Yuka into leaving their friend Emily alone with him. Then the unthinkable occurs: hours later, Emily is found dead. The case goes unsolved. Blaming the surviving girls, Emily's mother curses them, swearing that they will pay the price for her daughter's murder. As the fifteenth anniversary of Emily's death approaches, the women, now grown, will all revisit that fateful day, tracing its effects on the rest of their lives.
 

Haunting tale of guilt, curse, and atonement.

If the premise of a dark, unresolved childhood mystery already gives you shivers, "Penance" is right up your alley. Kanae Minato crafts a psychological landscape so intense that it's easy to find yourself deeply entrenched in the characters' guilt-ridden lives. The ticking clock to the fifteenth anniversary adds a palpable urgency, creating a page-turning experience where past and present collide with chilling implications.

  • Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original (2018)
  • Mystery Writers of Japan Award (日本推理作家協会賞) Nominee for Best Novel (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.