Brazilian thriller from 2016, first published in English by Celadon in August 2026. Four childhood friends leave rural Brazil for a shared apartment in Copacabana — students working part-time jobs, chasing the city and a future. When the rent jumps beyond what they can cover, they hit on a scheme to keep the place and get pulled into a circuit of private dinner parties staged for wealthy Rio clients with very particular appetites. It’s a satire of hustle culture as much as horror, and reviewers are open about the cannibalism premise, so it’s not a hidden turn — it’s the secret sauce.
The Secret Dinner