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Recent Seattle transplant Danya Kukafka, who is involved in the literary world as both an agent and bestselling author, appears at the store to celebrate the paperback release of the critically acclaimed Notes on an Execution, voted a New York Times best crime novel of 2022.

Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men. In the tradition of Long Bright River and The Mars Room, Notes on an Execution is 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.