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Penitence : a novel / Kristin Koval.

Koval, Kristin, (author.).

Summary:

"When their thirteen-year-old daughter Nora kills her terminally ill brother, Angie and David Sheehan struggle to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. They turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn't just legal counsel--she's also the mother of Angie's ill-fated first love Julian, a successful criminal defense attorney. Martine promptly draws him into the legal battle against an overreaching district attorney determined to try Nora as an adult. As the families grapple with the lasting strain of blame and the complexities of an often unfair criminal justice system, Julian and Angie must confront their own culpability in a long-ago accident and the guilt they still carry over how their prior life together in New York City ended"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250342997
  • Physical Description: 312 pages ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Celadon Books, [2025]
Subject: Women lawyers > Fiction.
Criminal defense lawyers > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
First loves > Fiction.
Fratricide > Fiction.
Terminally ill > Fiction.
Siblings > Fiction.
Siblings > Death > Fiction.
Guilt > Fiction.
Forgiveness > Fiction.
Colorado > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Legal fiction (Literature)
Suspense fiction

Available copies

  • 12 of 43 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 25 current holds with 43 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albemarle Main Library FIC Koval (Text) 31010000888489 Adult New Fiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters F KOVAL (Text) 31781069061214 Adult Fiction Available -
Farmville Public Library F KOV (Text) 23900000102799 Adult New Fiction Available -
Goldsboro Library F KOV (Text) 900005000275335 Adult New Fiction Available -
Greene County Public Library KOVAL (Text) 39149008447690 Adult Fiction Available -
Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library KOVAL (Text) 39149008447377 Adult Fiction Available -
Louisburg - Main Branch F/Koval (Text) 72350000127955 Adult New Fiction Available -
Morganton Public Library F KOV (Text) 33557004700373 Adult New Fiction Available -
Oakley/South Asheville Library F KOV (Text) 0020660437219 Adult New Fiction Available -
Thomasville Public Library E KOV (Text) 25908004444613 Adult New Fiction Available -

Summary: "When their thirteen-year-old daughter Nora kills her terminally ill brother, Angie and David Sheehan struggle to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. They turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn't just legal counsel--she's also the mother of Angie's ill-fated first love Julian, a successful criminal defense attorney. Martine promptly draws him into the legal battle against an overreaching district attorney determined to try Nora as an adult. As the families grapple with the lasting strain of blame and the complexities of an often unfair criminal justice system, Julian and Angie must confront their own culpability in a long-ago accident and the guilt they still carry over how their prior life together in New York City ended"--