Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask her, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father as her coach. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning, British player named Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked the 'Battle-Axe' anyway. Even if her body doesn't move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever. In spite of it all: Carrie Soto is back, for one epic final season. In this riveting and unforgettable novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback.

The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Center convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back. Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer," Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.

先の戦いで多くの仲間が傷つき、命を落とした──迫り来る銃の悪魔との決戦を前に、アキの心は揺れる。マキマが明かす、銃の悪魔をめぐる驚愕の真実、アキが見た“最悪の未来”──全てが重なる時、悪夢のような運命がデンジたちを蹂躙する…!!

クァンシと特異課の間でデンジをめぐる攻防が続く中、不気味なサンタクロースが、真の目的へと動き始める!!　凶気と悪意に満ちた禁忌の契約が結ばれる時、悪魔さえも恐怖する、絶望の世界への扉が開く──。ドス黒い闇夜に、デンノコ悪魔の絶叫が響き渡る!!

その姿が「恐怖!!　デンノコ悪魔!!」としてTVで報道され、全世界に存在が知られることとなったデンジ!!　イカれた凄腕の刺客達が、各国から東京に集結する中特異課は戦力を総動員し、デンジ防衛作戦を敷くが!?　ルール無用で襲い殺し合う、地獄のカオスが渦を巻く!!