Tsujimura is an award-winning novelist, she is best known for her mystery and children novels. She studied at Chiba University and won the Naoki Prize in 2012 for Kagi no nai Yume wo Miru (I Saw a Dream Without a Key), and in 2018 she won the Japan Booksellers' Award for her novel Kagami no Kojo (Lonely Castle in the Mirror).
The vibe was completely off for the first forty pages of 請殺了我, like a movie where the sound doesn't match the picture. Then Mizuki Tsujimura lets the main character finally start talking back to her overbearing boss, and the book wakes right up. The scene in the break room, where she quietly unplugs the office coffee maker as a protest, is petty perfection. The early chapters are shaky, with some clunky setup. For readers who like workplace comedy with an edge. Pass if a rough opening makes you quit.
I'll say this: 請殺了我 is the rare thriller where I actually cared about the people getting chased. Tsujimura, Mizuki takes the time to make you like the main character before wrecking her life, so when the door gets kicked in around chapter ten, your stomach drops. The villain's motive is thin, though, and the last chase scene is straight out of a movie you've already seen. Great for a weekend you've cleared on purpose. Skip it if you're allergic to cliffhangers.