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Lucy Foley – The Midnight Feast

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Lucy Foley – The Midnight FeastThe Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
Published by HarperCollins UK on June 6, 2024
Genres: Crime
Pages: 432
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For starters, everyone here is lying...

‘Delicious and darkly glamorous’ Lisa Jewell

‘This is crime writing at its finest’ Janice Hallett

‘Lucy Foley is queen of the locked room mystery’ Guardian

**FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLER – TAKE YOUR PLACE AT THE TABLE FOR THE THRILLER OF THE YEAR**

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In the shadow of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor hotel – and a sumptuous feast.

But as the candles are lit, tensions spark. Old animosities reignite.

This isn’t a celebration, but a reunion.

And time someone got their just deserts...

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Laced with atmosphere and a chilling edge of folklore, The Midnight Feast is the delicious new murder mystery from Lucy Foley

'Her best work so far' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'A book that is asking to be binge read' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'Dark, twisty, eerie' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'This is the type of party you will be scared to miss!' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'A spectacular read!' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'Laced with a gothic edge and with a sultry, slow burn plot' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'Fiendish, sharp, wicked' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Midnight Feast was a Sunday Times bestseller for w/c 03/06/2024 & w/c 10/06/2024

Asako Yuzuki – Butter

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Asako Yuzuki – ButterButter by Asako Yuzuki
Published by HarperCollins UK on February 29, 2024
Genres: Fiction
Pages: 464
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WINNER OF WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

THE NUMBER 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK

‘A full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY

'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel Butter’ NIGEL SLATER

'Compelling, delightfully weird' PANDORA SYKES

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.

There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.

Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back.

Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought?

Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer", Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.

'Luscious ... I devoured this' IMOGEN CRIMP

'A salty morsel with one hell of a bite’ ALICE SLATER

‘Nothing short of ingenious’ INEWS

‘Ambitious and unsettling’ GUARDIAN

'It isn’t entirely clear whether to read the novel or devour it’ OBSERVER