We are so excited to welcome Eliza Clark to Edinburgh for a special evening to celebrate the paperback release of her brilliant novel Penance! 

Eliza is an author who needs no introduction in our store - her debut novel, Boy Parts, is a firm staff and customer favourite, and we couldn't be more excited to sit down with her to discuss her writing at this very special event.  

PLEASE NOTE: This event will be hosted off-site at Stockbridge Parish Church at 7b Saxe Coburg Street EH3 5BN 

About the book 

Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you listen to a podcast? Did the hosts make jokes?

Did you see the pictures of the body?

Did you look for them?

It's been nearly a decade since the horrifying murder of sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson rocked the small seaside town of Crow-on-Sea. Based on hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, and even correspondence with the killers themselves, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has constructed what he claims is the 'definitive account' of the crime. It's a riveting snapshot of lives scarred by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil.

The only question is: how much of Carelli's story is true?