Silence Once Begun

From the celebrated author of The Curfew ("A spare masterwork of dystopian fiction" -The New York Times Book Review), Jesse Ball's Silence Once Begun is an astonishing novel of unjust conviction, lost love, and a journalist's obsession.

Over the course of several months, eight people vanish from their homes in the same Japanese town, a single playing card found on each door. Known as the "Narito Disappearances," the crime has authorities baffled-until a confession appears on the police's do...