DISCOVER YOUR NEXT READ, FOR FANS OF BUTTER AND YELLOWFACE - the Korean cult bestselling portrait of a housewife turned serial killer. Translated by Paige Morris A gripping tale of love, food and one woman''s unconventional quest to support her family. _____________ Widowed. Unemployed. Aged fifty-one. Mrs. Shim becomes a killer. In this savage and side-splitting literary thriller, an ordinary woman dives headfirst into a world of petty criminals, crooked cops, and accidental assassins. Around her orbit a washed-up fixer blackmailed by his boss''s daughter, a policeman''s wife undercover at a third-rate detective agency, a ghost marriage-broker with an attraction to hairdressers, and a son who unknowingly becomes her rival. What starts as survival turns into vengeance. For Mrs. Shim is done with being everyone''s doormat. Gritty, absurd, and darkly hilarious, MRS SHIM is a kaleidoscopic tale of love, loathing and self-reinvention. Its world of misfits, dead bodies and good food marks the exuberant arrival of a major new international literary voice.

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Kang Jiyoung, Translated by Paige Morris

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Discover the Korean cult thriller, for fans of Butter and Killing Eve. A hilariously unsettling tale of love, food and one woman's unconventional quest to support her family by becoming a contract killer.
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I am no ordinary ajumma. I am a killer

Recently widowed and unemployed, Mrs Shim and her two children face an empty fridge. As her job options run out, she answers an ad for the Smile Detective Agency.

Within weeks, she has turned it around. For Mrs Shim is sharp as a blade, handles business cleanly and is like a padlock when it comes to keeping secrets.

By day, she prepares kimchi for her family and her neighbour with dementia; by night Mrs Shim is out on a contract.

But what starts as a need for survival escalates into a thirst for vengeance. For Mrs. Shim is done with being everyone's doormat.

Diving headfirst into her new career among petty criminals, ghosts and assassins, Mrs Shim's past soon comes hurtling towards her.

Savage and unexpectedly moving, Kang Jiyoung paints a comedic world of twisted love, unhinged loathing and hopeful reinvention. Among the misfits and the meals is a powerful statement about class, capitalism and the role of women.