Atonement

World bestseller. A cult series was filmed in Japan based on the novel. The author is a recognized master of the iyamisu style, which explores the dark sides of the human soul. This is one of the main directions in modern Japanese detective fiction. Five schoolgirls were playing volleyball near the school pool. A man approached them and asked for help checking the ventilation in the changing room. He chose one of the girls and led her into the room, while the others continued playing. When they realized their friend had been gone for too long, they went to the changing room to find her. There, they were horrified to see her dead body... No matter how much the girls were questioned, they couldn't remember the killer's face. So, the mother of the deceased gathered them together and accused them of her daughter's death. She said, "I won't forgive you unless you find the killer. If you can't do that, find another way to atone for your guilt, which I will accept. If you do neither, I tell you here and now: I will avenge each of you." And the girls' lives turned into a nightmare for many years... This novel strikes at the heart, making us seriously consider the responsibility for the actions we have taken - or, conversely, have not taken, which turned out to be even worse...