β Scribed by Danya Kukafka
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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 lifeβfrom the bestselling author of Girl in Snow.
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what heβs done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesnβt want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. He hoped it wouldnβt end like this, not for him.
Through a kaleidoscope of womenβa mother, a sister, a homicide detectiveβwe learn the story of Anselβs life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Anselβs wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sisterβs relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the homicide 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, Notes on an Execution 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.
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