by Kanae Minato (Author)
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.
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.
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 . . .
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Confessions, Kanae Minato's award-winning, internationally bestselling debut,
Penance is a dark tale of revenge and psychological drama that will leave readers breathless.
Author Biography
Kanae Minato is an award-winning, internationally bestselling novelist and former home economics teacher and housewife who wrote her first novel between household chores. Minato lives in Japan.
Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: April 11, 2017
