PENANCE, by Eliza Clark (Faber, $36.99)
In the fictional northern UK town of Crow-On-Sea, on the eve of the country’s 2016 Brexit vote, a grisly murder takes place. Three teenage girls lure their classmate, 16-year-old Joni Wilson, to a deserted beach chalet where she is tortured, doused with petrol and set on fire.
Several hours later, Joni staggers into a nearby
