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Innocence: A Novel |
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When Leslie Stone was 13, her father took the law into his own hands to stop the rapist he believed responsible for the abductions of young girls in the peaceful town of Swifton Woods. The Nightingales, as the girls were known, have haunted Leslie ever since then, and when her daughter Molly's best friend goes missing, their ghosts return to remind her that she cannot solve Lydia's disappearance without revisiting the crimes of her childhood. Because Molly is the only witness to the events that occurred just before Lydia disappeared, she's only one who knows that the five boys charged with sexually assaulting her friend are innocent. When Molly is called to testify, Leslie realizes that she knows who's really guilty--and may have engineered Lydia's disappearance in order to reveal a horrifying truth. Novak tells the story in several voices--Leslie's, Molly's, Lydia's, and one of the boys on trial--which, while adding emotional texture to the novel, also make it needlessly complicated. But Leslie Stone is a memorable character with complex psychological underpinnings, which are masterfully realized and compel the reader's persistence. --Jane Adams
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