Penance

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you listen to a podcast? Did the hosts make jokes? Did you see the pictures of the body? Did you look for them?

It's been nearly a decade since the horrifying murder of sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson rocked Crow-on-Sea, and the events of that terrible night are now being published for the first time.

Penance places us in the capable hands of journalist Alec Z. Carelli, who constructs what he claims is the 'definitive account' of the murder — and what led up to it. Built on hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, painstaking historical research, and correspondence with the killers themselves, the result is a riveting snapshot of lives rocked by tragedy and a town left in turmoil.

The only question is: how much of it is true?

A dizzying feat of masterful storytelling.