With a combination of edge-of-your-seat suspense and a keen insight into readers’ fascination with murderers, Notes on an Execution promises to leave you thinking long after reading.Ī hardcover review of this novel first appeared in Mystery Scene Issue #170, Winter. Notes on an Execution: A Novel Paperback Januby Danya Kukafka (Author) 6,074 ratings Editors' pick Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense See all formats and editions Kindle 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 16.55 55 Used from 6.76 43 New from 11.50 2 Collectible from 16. Through these voices, Kukafka questions society’s obsession with Bundy, Dahmer, and Gacy in an elegant literary suspense that reads like a true crime podcast you can’t shut off.Īnsel Packer is psychopathic serial killer awaiting execution, but instead of focusing on the sensationalism of his crimes and women he kills, Kukafka examines with empathy the women whose lives are entangled with Packer’s path of destruction: his mother Lavender, his sister-in-law Hazel, and Saffy, the dogged detective who brings him down.įor those with an interest in the true crime genre, the novel will pull you in and leave you questioning how we read and learn about serial killers. Kukafka crafts a story from four different perspectives: the killer, the mother, the cop, and the sister. The serial killer story has been told a hundred different ways, but never in quite the way as Danya Kukafka’s second novel Notes on an Execution. William Morrow Paperbacks, January 2023, $17.99
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