Spellbinding and beautifully written an irresistible unbearably tense thriller' Megan Abbott
'Destined to become a contemporary classic' Esquire 'Provocative intelligent thrilling
moving' Paula Hawkins 'Unlike the other books about serial killers you've read . . . brilliant'
Marie Claire ---------------- Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what
he's done and now awaits the same fate he forced on those girls years ago. Ansel doesn't want
to die he wants to be celebrated understood. But this is not his story. As the clock ticks
down three women uncover the history of a tragedy and the long shadow it casts. Lavender
Ansel's mother is a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation. Hazel twin sister to his
wife is forced to watch helplessly as the relationship threatens to devour them all. And Saffy
the detective hot on his trail is devoted to bringing bad men to justice but struggling to see
her own life clearly. This is the story of the women left behind. Blending breathtaking
suspense with astonishing empathy Notes On An Execution unravels the familiar narrative of the
American serial killer interrogating our cultural obsession with crime stories and asking
readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the minds of violent men.
