num_pages: 306
description: A 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.Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what hes done and now awaits execution the same chilling fate he forced on those girls years ago. But Ansel doesnt want to die; he wants to be celebrated understood. He hoped it wouldnt end like this not for him.Through a kaleidoscope of womena mother a sister a homicide detectivewe learn the story of Ansels life. We meet his mother Lavender a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel twin sister to Ansels wife inseparable since birth forced to watch helplessly as her sisters relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally Saffy the homicide detective hot on his trail who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake.
language: English
title: Notes on an Execution
publisher: William Morrow