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Great book! Gritty, dark, urbane. Four co-workers are bound together by murder and money. Twists abound in this crime novel. Some social commentary regarding the lives of middle-class women in modern day Japan. Warning: very descriptive, and not only for the initial murder and clean up.

This was a good book about 4 Japanese coworkers that were bound together because of a crime that was committed by one of the women within the group. The author managed to give the readers a sense of the type of life one can live in Japan. She touched on some of the despair, and poverty, and also the trials and tribulations women can go through. I enjoyed this book, it had enough tangled webs that I kept turning the page, waiting patiently for them to be unwoven. I was not happy with the ending, but it still wouldn't stop me from recommending it.

This is one of those books that keeps you so engaged that it is possible to lose track of time while reading it, definately a page turner and one of my best reads of the year. Four women who work the graveyard shift at the lunch box factory try to protect one of their group after the death of her husband, leading them on an adventure outside their realm. Grief and greed play a hand in the out come of this unlikely story. Well worth it's weight.

I really enjoyed how these women came together in lieu of this heinous crime. Additionally, the lead character was compelling as the person who tried to keep it together. There were some characters that were unnecessary to see the perspective from but that did not detract from the story. Some of the characters were utterly despicable but I must applaud the author for the masterful craft in making me, the reader, hate some of these characters so much. Solid read.

I liked this book a lot but it was very dark so I'm not sure I can give it 4 stars. It's a story of an abused wife who murders her husband and gets help from her coworkers to dispose of the body. The story goes on from there and leads into subjects of gambling and borrowing money from loansharks. It is a very good read and kind of surprising in that the author is Japanese and this book is a far cry from what one normally thinks of Japanese culture - there is a lot more to it than on the surface!

This was a real page turner! I adore novels that allow for a glimpse into the gritty side of Japanese culture.