the gripping new novel from the author of global sensation BUTTER‘Tender and thrilling it’s Yuzuki at her best’ ELLE‘I couldn't stop reading’ COSTANZA CASATI‘Unsettling, compelling, richly written’ JODIE HARSH‘Dark, tender, unforgettable’ JANE CASEYThe unmissable new novel of friendship and dangerous obsession from Asako Yuzuki, the award-winning author of the global bestselling sensation Butter.Eriko really wouldn't mind being savaged, if it was her best friend doing the savaging …Eriko's life appears perfect – devoted parents, pristine apartment and a high-flying job in the seafood division of one of Japan's largest trading companies. Her latest project, to reintroduce the controversial Nile perch fish into the Japanese market, is characteristically ambitious. But beneath her flawless surface she is wracked by loneliness.Eriko becomes fascinated with a popular blog written by a housewife, Shōko. Shōko’s posts about eating convenience-store food and her untidy home are the opposite of