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. Through a kaleidoscope of women-a mother, a sister, a homicide detective-we learn the story of Ansel's life. But Ansel doesn't want to die he wants to be celebrated, understood. He knows what he's done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. 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.Īnsel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. 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! Compassionate and thought-provoking.' -BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half 'A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling.' -Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice)

beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

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