{"product_id":"mrs-shim-is-a-killer-9780063457324","title":"Mrs. Shim Is a Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrs. Shim needs money. She's lost her husband \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo 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 \u003cem\u003enot \u003c\/em\u003eto take them up on their offer, she agrees to the position.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs it turns out, this just may be one mess she can't cut her way out of . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kang Jiyoung\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063457324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJiyoung, Kang:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKang Jiyoung\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Korean writer based in Paju, near Seoul. Most of her fiction features female assassins. She is the author of the story collections \u003cem\u003eGoodbye Paradise, Time for Dogs to Eat, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Killer's Shopping List\u003c\/em\u003e, and her novels include \u003cem\u003eQuarantine Station of New Culture, Elza's Ha-yin, Circus in the Dark Forest, Frankenstein Family, Yawning is Delicious, Pheromone Boutique, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Shop for Killers, \u003c\/em\u003ewhich\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ewas adapted for television by Disney+.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kang Jiyoung \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47876579721373,"sku":"9780063457324","price":37.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_277d452e-9a80-439b-904d-737bb689a12f.jpg?v=1777382430","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mrs-shim-is-a-killer-9780063457324","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}