Mrs Shim is a Killer

**Brought to you by Penguin. 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. © Kang Jiyoung 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026