Hooked

‘Obsession, tension and toxic loneliness: Hooked had me in a headlock. No one writes about the hidden depths and lurking monstrosities of womanhood quite like Asako Yuzuki’ Alice Slater, author of Let the Bad Times Roll

‘An exciting new thriller that you won’t be able to put down’ Radio Times

‘Remember seeing Butter all over your commute? A similar hype surrounds the follow-up, Hooked … Tender and thrilling it’s Yuzuki at her best’ Elle

‘Another page-turner, and I'd recommend adding it to your reading lists immediately’ Daily Express

‘The author of the international sensation Butter returns with another razor-edged story about women, appetite, and what we’ll do to feel chosen … Safe to say, we’re already hooked’ Oprah Daily

‘Dark, spiny and slippery, this haunting tale of loneliness and longing in the modern age will leave you gasping’ Tobi Coventry, author of He’s the Devil

Praise for Butter:
‘Exuberant, indulgent romp of a novel … Butter is a full-fat, Michelin-starred treat’ Sunday Times 'Yuzuki has created a cult phenomenon' iNews
‘Yuzuki has become the poster girl of a British boom for Japanese fiction’ The Times
‘Word of mouth hit and cult Japanese bestseller, Butter, took the literary world by storm' BBC
‘Readers around the world are finding themselves utterly captivated’ Daily Mail
‘Ambitious and unsettling … a thought-provoking and surprisingly feelgood take on friendship, transgressive pleasures, and society’s impossibly contradictory expectations of women’ Guardian
‘A biting satire on fat-shaming culture and double standards in beauty’ Financial Times
'I have been glued to Butter’ Nigel Slater
‘I really enjoyed it’ Meera Syal, on BBC Between the Covers
'Compelling, delightfully weird' Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?
'Unputdownable, breathtakingly original' Erin Kelly, author of Broadchurch
‘A heady serving of food culture and feminism … Yuzuki goes beyond the typical crime narrative’ Japan Times