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\"\"Kanae Minato is two for two for twisted psychological Japanese noir. What she did with deadly milk cartons in Confessions<\/em><\/a> made quite the debut splash. She goes back to school in Penance <\/em>(expertly rendered into English by lauded translator Philip Gabriel) in which 10-year-old Emily is raped and murdered on school grounds.<\/p>\n

The four friends who find her corpse are expectedly traumatized \u2013 but three years later, any semblance of recovery is irreparably destroyed when Emily\u2019s mother invites the quartet for tea and fancy cakes, only to threaten the girls: find Emily\u2019s murderer before the 15-year-statute of limitations or risk revenge \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ll make you suffer far worse than Emily ever did.\u201d Twelve years pass, the 15-year expiry looms, and the girls \u2013 now young women \u2013 reveal the horrifying penance they\u2019ve each performed.<\/p>\n

From nightmare to nightmare, narrator Karissa Vacker aptly retains tight control throughout. Her youthful voice initially works well when the characters are still young but tends toward an immature pitch as they age. That she clearly doesn\u2019t speak Japanese further mars her presentation.<\/p>\n

Verdict<\/strong>: As Japanese thrillers in translation continue to gain international acclaim \u2013 led by Keigo Higashino, Fuminori Nakamura, and Natsuo Kirino \u2013 libraries will want to provide multi-format options.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: modified from “Audio,” Library Journal<\/em>, December 1, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2012 (Japan), 2017 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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