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What A Way To Go
By (Author) Bella Mackie
HarperCollins Publishers
The Borough Press
1st January 2025
12th September 2024
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Humorous fiction
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Crime and mystery fiction
823.92
Hardback
384
Width 159mm, Height 240mm, Spine 35mm
600g
THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY IS BACK
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Delicious. Taut, pacy, seamless a huge pleasure to read MARIAN KEYES
I was immensely grateful that despite the gruesome way my husband died, hed done it with his clothes on.
Anthony Wistern is wealthy beyond imagination. Fragrant wife, gaggle of photogenic children, French chateau, Cotswold manor, plethora of mistresses, penchant for cutting moral corners, tick tick tick tick tick tick.
Unfortunately for him, hes also dead. Suddenly poised to inherit his fortune, each member of the family falls under suspicion.
And thats when the lying starts
'Still not over Succession A dysfunctional family with four inheritance-obsessed children gives the Roy clan a run for its money, with a murderous twist.' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
WHAT READERS LOVE ABOUT BELLA MACKIE:
Just when you think you're a step ahead, she pulls something out of the bag *****
Caustic sarcasm delivered with elegance *****
Mackies writing is sharp and funny *****
I never thought it was possible for someone to write a book about murder in a light-hearted way. But Bella Mackie smashed it *****
Her sarcasm knows no bounds and I love it *****
Sparky, slick, wildly compulsive *****
Her chatty style which speaks directly to the reader ****
Macabre, flippant, and darkly hilarious *****
Incredibly refreshing reading *****
Her irreverent, withering put-downs and sharply observed comments *****
Praise for HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY:
I loved this book RICHARD OSMAN
Funny, sharp, dark and twisted JOJO MOYES
Chilling, but also laugh-out-loud funny SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Funny and furious and strangely uplifting. Grace is a bitter and beguiling anti-hero with a keen eye for social analysis even in her most grisly deeds, you never stop rooting for her PANDORA SYKES
Deliciously addictivebrilliantly executed i PAPER
Addictive Grace Bernard is one of the most intriguing and bewitching protagonists I've read in years EMMA GANNON
A funny, compulsive read about family dysfunction and the medias obsession with murder SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
Youll be gripped Graces emotional detachment throughout will give you chills COSMOPOLITAN
Hilarious and dark ELLE
Ironic twists and caustic commentary on everything from liberal guilt to the consumerist con that is selfcare sharpen this debut novel OBSERVER
Brilliantly tongue-in-cheek stuff from the Vogue columnist IRISH INDEPENDENT
Witty, waspish satire of a murderer with no regrets GRAZIA
Original, funny, unique and such a refreshing read PRIMA
A deliciously dark debut novel RED
One very entertaining read WOMANS WAY
Bella Mackie, Sunday Times bestselling author of Jog On, has written for the Guardian, Vogue and Vice.