{"product_id":"penance","title":"Penance","description":"\u003cb\u003eA chilling Japanese psychological thriller and Edgar Award finalist about four women, forever connected by one horrible day in their childhood -- fifteen years later, someone wants to make sure they never forget.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When they were girls, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuko were tricked into leaving their friend Emily with a mysterious stranger. Then the unthinkable occurred: Emily was found murdered hours later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The four friends were never able to describe the stranger to the police; the killer's trail went cold. Asako, the bereaved mother, curses the surviving girls, vowing that they will be the ones to pay for her daughter's murder . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like \u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e, Kanae Minato's award-winning, internationally bestselling debut, \u003ci\u003ePenance\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark tale of revenge and psychological drama that will leave readers breathless.","brand":"Little, Brown Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51953218846951,"sku":"9780316349154","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_090a3e6a-bef8-4915-bd18-82197416037f.jpg?v=1775658867","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/penance","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}