![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While the tales take different forms-one is a letter, another a speech-and each contains a uniquely disturbing twist, they all retread much the same ground. Twelve years later, as the statute of limitations for Emily’s murder is about to expire, Sae, Maki, Yuka, and Akiko give their accounts of the tragedy and describe how Emily’s death and Asako’s threat have ruined their lives. If they do neither, she’ll exact revenge. She faults them for what happened and demands that they either catch Emily’s killer or perform an act of penance. Three years pass before Emily’s imperious mother, Asako, summons the girls to her home. Incredibly, no one can remember the perpetrator’s face, and he goes uncaught. She fails to return to the game, and that evening, the girls discover her corpse. Sae, Maki, Yuka, Akiko, and Emily are playing ball when a stranger lures away Emily with a request for help. debut ( Confessions, 2014) with a second twisted tale of retribution and regret. Japanese author Minato follows up her successful U.S. A grieving parent and four guilt-stricken friends struggle to cope with the rape and strangulation of a 10-year-old girl. ![]()
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