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Notes on an Execution (Edgar Award Winner)
Notes on an Execution (Edgar Award Winner) in Bloomington, MN
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
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WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
NEW YORK TIMES
BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
“Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . .
Notes on an Execution
is nuanced, ambitious and compelling.”
—Katie Kitamura,
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
(Editors' Choice)
"A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking."
–BRIT BENNETT, #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Vanishing Half
Recommended by
New York Times Book Review
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
Entertainment Weekly
Esquire
Good Housekeeping
USA Today
Buzzfeed
Goodreads
Real Simple
Marie Claire
Rolling Stone
Business Insider
Bustle
PopSugar
The Millions
The Guardian
and many more!
In the tradition of
Long Bright River
and
The Mars Room,
a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life—from the bestselling author of
Girl in Snow
.
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn’t want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood.
Through a kaleidoscope of women—a mother, a sister, a homicide detective—we learn the story of Ansel’s life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansel’s wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister’s relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake.
Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy,
presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men.
"Poetic and mesmerizing . . . Powerful, important, intensely human, and filled with a unique examination of tragedy, one where the reader is left with a curious emotion: hope."
—USA TODAY
“A profound and staggering experience of empathy that challenges us to confront what it means to be human in our darkest moments. . . . I relished every page of this brilliant and gripping masterpiece."—ASHLEY AUDRAIN,
The Push
•
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
NEW YORK TIMES
BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
“Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . .
Notes on an Execution
is nuanced, ambitious and compelling.”
—Katie Kitamura,
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
(Editors' Choice)
"A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking."
–BRIT BENNETT, #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Vanishing Half
Recommended by
New York Times Book Review
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
Entertainment Weekly
Esquire
Good Housekeeping
USA Today
Buzzfeed
Goodreads
Real Simple
Marie Claire
Rolling Stone
Business Insider
Bustle
PopSugar
The Millions
The Guardian
and many more!
In the tradition of
Long Bright River
and
The Mars Room,
a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life—from the bestselling author of
Girl in Snow
.
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he’s done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn’t want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood.
Through a kaleidoscope of women—a mother, a sister, a homicide detective—we learn the story of Ansel’s life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansel’s wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister’s relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake.
Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy,
presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men.
"Poetic and mesmerizing . . . Powerful, important, intensely human, and filled with a unique examination of tragedy, one where the reader is left with a curious emotion: hope."
—USA TODAY
“A profound and staggering experience of empathy that challenges us to confront what it means to be human in our darkest moments. . . . I relished every page of this brilliant and gripping masterpiece."—ASHLEY AUDRAIN,
The Push
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