Kanae Minato Books in Order

After her young daughter dies at school, teacher Yuko Moriguchi announces her resignation and delivers a final lesson accusing two pupils of murder. Her planned revenge spreads through their lives, revealing competing accounts of guilt and responsibility.

Four girls fail to identify the stranger who murdered their friend Emily, and her grieving mother vows to make them pay. Fifteen years later, the surviving women's lives remain shaped by that day's trauma and accusation.