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Kang Jiyoung

King’s Maker, Volume 2

Mrs Shim is a Killer

DISCOVER YOUR NEXT READ, FOR FANS OF BUTTER, YELLOWFACE and MRS & MRS SMITH - 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. _____________ I am no ordinary ajumma. I am a killer When Mrs Shim - widowed, unemployed, with two children at home and a fridge to fill - answers a job ad at the Smile Detective Agency, she boosts its fortunes forever. 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. In this savage and side-splitting literary thriller, an ordinary woman dives headfirst into a world of petty criminals, crooked cops and accidental assassins as she embarks on her new career as contract killer. Gritty and absurd, MRS SHIM is a kaleidoscopic tale of twisted love, unhinged loathing and hopeful reinvention. Its world of endearing misfits, dead bodies and tasty food marks the exuberant arrival of a major new international literary voice.

Mrs Shim Is a Killer

When a middle-aged widowed loses her job at the butcher shop, she's at a loss as to how to provide for her family--until she's offered a position that puts her carving skills to new uses in this darkly humorous bestselling Korean thriller. Mrs. Shim needs money. She's lost her husband and her job, and she's got three mouths to feed at her kitchen table. If she doesn't find work soon, she and her children are going to lose their home. So when she answers a vague job ad for the Smile Detective Agency, Mrs. Shim expects the job will be some kind of cleaning position. But when they only ask her questions about her experience as a butcher and what she can do with a cleaver, she begins to realize they want her to do a very different kind of cleaning--they want her to be an assassin. Too scared not to take them up on their offer, she agrees to the position. And Mrs. Shim soon finds that her new job isn't so different from her old one in the butcher shop, quickly becoming the agency's best contract killer--but her rise to the top hasn't gone unnoticed. Jealous of her talents, her agency's competitors--and even her own colleagues-- begin pointing fingers (and knives) in her direction. If she wants to keep her job, her family, and her reputation intact, Mrs. Shim is going to have to take out the secretive leader of a rival agency. But when she has the chance to strike, she's stunned to find a familiar face at the end of her blade. As it turns out, this just may be one mess she can't cut her way out of . . .

A Novel

Mrs. Shim Is a Killer

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. _____________ 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.

The thrilling international crime novel, for fans of BUTTER and KILLING EVE

De Koreaanse bestseller nu in het Nederlands! Mevrouw Shim heeft geld nodig. Ze is een weduwe van eenenvijftig met twee kinderen en heeft net haar baan als slager verloren. Wanhopig gaat ze op zoek naar ander werk, maar in de meeste vacatures wordt gezocht naar iemand die jonger is. Tot ze een advertentie ziet van een detectivebureau dat specifiek op zoek is naar huisvrouwen van boven de veertig. Tijdens het sollicitatiegesprek blijkt dat het bedrijf een huurmoordenaar nodig heeft, en mevrouw Shims onopvallende uiterlijk en onberispelijke slagersvaardigheden maken haar tot de perfecte kandidaat. Ze bieden gigantisch veel geld, dus ondanks haar twijfels en bezwaren besluit mevrouw Shim de baan te accepteren. Maar hoe goed ze ook is met een mes, moordenaar zijn is een stressvol beroep, vooral wanneer haar familie erbij betrokken raakt... Mevrouw Shim is een huurmoordenaar is de nieuwe Koreaanse thrillersensatie, voor de fans van Richard Osman en Killing Eve. Lezers zijn dol op Mevrouw Shim is een huurmoordenaar: 'Een enorm meeslepend boek dat leest als een trein. Ik kon er geen genoeg van krijgen.' ***** 'Wat ik het indrukwekkendste vind aan dit boek is dat de personages alledaagse, echte mensen zijn.' ***** 'Een zorgvuldig geschreven roman die – ondanks het werk van de hoofdpersoon – opvallend realistisch en herkenbaar is.' *****

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