Join us with Callie Kazumi in conversation with Alice Slater to discuss Greedy.About this Event
A gambling addict lands a job working as a private chef to a Japanese billionaire with . . . unusual taste.
Join us with Callie Kazumi in conversation with Alice Slater to discuss Greedy, a sinister, stylish and utterly addictive read that's NOT suitable for vegetarians.Ed is in trouble with the yakuza. He's gambled away all his money and his family is at risk.But just as he’s about to lose everything, he receives an offer he can’t refuse.A reclusive billionaire is looking for a private chef. The only catch: she has some. . . unusual tastes.As he prepares delicious dishes – fresh crab salad with a panko crumb, lamb shank dripping in red wine juice, sweet, fluffy soufflé pancakes – he realizes that each meal is a test, a challenge to satisfy an insatiable appetite.Caught up in a world more sinister than he could ever have imagined, Ed finds himself entangled in another debt.As the stakes grow, he must make a choice.Will he stay hungry? Or will he be greedy?Dinner is served.Eat Up.Callie Kazumi is a British-Japanese writer who started work on her first book after being gifted Stephen King's On Writing by her father. She lives in London with her husband and their Bichon Frisé, Betsy. Greedy is her second novel, after her debut, Cuckoo.
Alice Slater spent six years working as a bookseller for Waterstones. Her debut novel, Death of a Bookseller, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and won Debut Crime Book of the Year at Capital Crime’s Fingerprint Awards 2024. It was also shortlisted for CrimeFest’s Specsavers Best Debut Crime Novel 2023 and longlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2024. She co-hosts literary podcast What Page Are You On? and lives in London with her husband, their dog Peachy and a lot of books.
Event Venue
Waterstones, 11 Islington Green, London, United Kingdom
GBP 5.00 to GBP 21.00












