Penance

Penance

<div><b >A chilling Japanese psychological thriller about four women, forever connected by one horrible day in their childhood--fifteen years later, someone wants to make sure they never forget. </b></div><div><b ><br /></b></div><div><div ><b>Finalist for the 2018 EDGAR AWARD<br />for Best Paperback Original</b></div><div ><b><br /></b></div><div ><b >"As</b><b> ethereal and literary as it is a sharp, tight crime novel." </b><b >--</b><b >A <i>Literary Hub </i>Best Crime Book of the Year</b></div></div> <div><br /></div> <div>When they were girls, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko were tricked into leaving their friend Emily with a mysterious stranger. Then the unthinkable occurred: Emily was found murdered hours later. </div> <div> </div><div>The four friends were never able to describe the stranger to the police; the killer's trail went cold. Asako, the bereaved mother, curses the surviving girls, vowing that they will be the ones to pay for her daughter's murder...</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Like <i>Confessions</i>, Kanae Minato's award-winning, internationally bestselling debut, PENANCE is a dark tale of revenge and psychological drama that will leave readers breathless.</div>