Penance

The tense, chilling story of four women haunted by a childhood trauma.

When they were children, Sae, Maki, Akiko & Yuko were tricked into separating from their friend Emily by a mysterious stranger. Then the unthinkable occurs: Emily is found murdered hours later.

Sae, Maki, Akiko & Yuko weren't able to accurately describe the stranger's appearance to the police after the Emily's body was discovered. Asako, Emily's mother, curses the surviving girls, vowing that they will pay for her daughter's murder.

Like Confessions, Kanae Minato's award-winning, internationally bestselling debut, Penance is a dark & voice-driven tale of revenge & psychological trauma that will leave readers breathless.

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PHILIP GABRIEL is Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Arizona. He has translated numerous works by Haruki Murakami, including Kafka on the Shore (winner of the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize) & the short-story collection First Person Singular. He has also recently translated the novels The Travelling Cat Chronicles, The Forest of Wool & Steel & Lonely Castle in the Mirror.