![]() ![]() Each of the four surviving girls, now women, tells her tale in turn. In this one, she takes a fascinating look at how a crime affects not only the direct victim, but the people touched by it in other ways. ![]() In Minato’s earlier excellent book, Confessions, she looked at the motivation for crime and at revenge. She gives them a deadline – the statute of limitations on the crime will run out in fifteen years… As time passes without an arrest, in her grief Emily’s mother tells them they must either give the police enough information to catch the killer, or do something that she will accept as appropriate atonement. None of the girls is able to describe the man well – they are young, they weren’t paying particular attention, they are suffering from shock. It’s a while before the other girls notice that Emily hasn’t returned, and when they look for her, it’s too late – all they find is her body. While there, a workman arrives and asks if one of them will help him do a small job in the changing room. Five young girls sneak into their school playground on a holiday to practice volleyball. ![]()
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