JAPANESE LITERATURE
THE AWARD-WINNING MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLER
WINNER OF WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER AWARD 2025
A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK
‘A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘A cult phenomenon’ iNEWS
‘Took the literary world by storm’ BBC
‘A killer Japanese novel’ THE TIMES
'I have been glued to Butter’ NIGEL SLATER
The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story, and translated by Polly Barton.
