Penitence by Kristin Koval
This opens with a criminal offense in a small Colorado city—teenager Nora Sheehan shot and killed her teen brother, Nico. Nora, in shock, isn’t speaking and stays in jail awaiting trial. Her dad and mom, Angie and David, rent Martine Dumont, a neighborhood lawyer to signify their daughter. With the household unable to pay Martine for the specialists she wants—she doesn’t do homicide trials—she has to ask her son for assist. However his return complicates issues. Years in the past, Martine despatched her son away fearing {that a} tragedy would break his life—he was additionally Angie’s childhood boyfriend. The case just isn’t solely straining everybody concerned, it’s additionally forcing previous secrets and techniques and selections to lastly be handled.
Audiobook narrator: Thérèse Plummer
