Butter

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer,and the journalist intent on cracking her caseinspired by a true story There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and margarine Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in the Tokyo Detention House convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmenwhom she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imaginationbut Kajii refuses to speak with the pressentertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stewand Kajii can’t resist writing back. Rikathe only woman in her news officeworks late each nightrarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajiithey are closer to a master class in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajiibut it seems that Rika might be the one changing. Do she and Kajii have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of a convicted con woman and serial killer–the \