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Mrs. Shim Is a Killer

Mrs. Shim Is a Killer
Author
Co-Author
-
Translator
Paige Morris
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Year
2026
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Original Title
심여사는 킬러
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Simyeosaneun killeo
ISBN
9780063457324
Page
320
Volume
-
 Kang  Jiyoung
  • Kang Jiyoung
  • Birth : - ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Jiyoung
  • Family Name : Kang
  • Korean Name : 강지영
  • ISNI : -
  • Works : 7
Published Year Publisher Country Vendor
2026 Harper Collins UNITED STATES OverDrive
Published Year Publisher Country Vendor
2026 Harper Collins UNITED STATES OverDrive
Descriptions
  • English(English)

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.

Source: https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Shim-Killer-Kang-Jiyoung/dp/0063457326