What A Way To Go
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4.0 • 141 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY IS BACK WITH THE NEW BOOK OF THE MOMENT
Delicious' JOJO MOYES
'Super-sharp, lethally witty' NIGELLA LAWSON
‘Wonderfully wicked’ RED
'Very funny… I inhaled it' JOE LYCETT
‘Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read’ MARIAN KEYES
'Thoroughly enjoyable, like Succession rewritten by Agatha Christie’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Mackie has assembled a gloriously repugnant cast… A dark, funny story of a very dysfunctional family’ OBSERVER
Meet the Wisterns. Rich. Powerful. Morally bankrupt.
Anthony is dead. His wife and four children each have a motive.
And there’s a true crime-obsessed outsider ready to expose the killer…
With a family like this, who needs enemies?
‘Ferociously entertaining’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘Gripping, sharp and funny, this window on the mega-wealthy is perfect for fans of Succession’ WOMAN & HOME
‘Another caustic satire from the million-copy bestseller of How to Kill Your Family’ i NEWS
'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’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Mackie’s writing is sharp and funny’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Her sarcasm knows no bounds and I love it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Sparky, slick, wildly compulsive’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Macabre, flippant, and darkly hilarious’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Her irreverent, withering put-downs and sharply observed comments’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
What A Way To Go was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 16.09.24
About the author
Bella Mackie is the author of three Sunday Times bestsellers – her nonfiction Jog On, her debut novel How to Kill Your Family, and her latest novel What a Way to Go. She has written for the Guardian, Vogue and Vice. In 2023 she judged the Women’s Prize for Fiction and her work has twice been shortlisted for the British Book Awards.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
What a Way to Go, the much-anticipated new read from How to Kill Your Family author Bella Mackie, opens with a lavish 60th birthday party for the wealthy (and much-reviled) finance whizz, Anthony Wistern—one of the novel’s three narrators. Wistern soon comes to an untimely end, impaled on a spike in the family lake, leaving behind his waspish wife, Olivia, and four self-centred adult children eager to get their hands on their inheritance. His death is officially ruled a tragic accident but questions are soon raised, not least by Wistern himself, who must figure out exactly how he died before he can move on from the “processing centre” into the next stage of the afterlife. With no love lost between Wistern and just about anyone he ever came into contact with, the case immediately attracts the attention of The Sleuth, an avid true crime obsessive who shares her suspicions that Wistern was murdered by a member of his own family with a snowballing number of online followers. As the mystery unfolds, secrets are revealed, scandal ensues and The Sleuth’s investigation spirals dangerously out of control. There are no sympathetic figures in Mackie’s cast of repellent characters, but the loose ends are tied up so neatly by the time the story reaches its shocking conclusion, that everyone gets their well-deserved comeuppance in the end.
Customer Reviews
Another brilliant book from Bella Mackie
I really enjoy her writing style, it is very unique and always keeps you guessing until the final chapter. I know she’s currently writing another book and I can’t wait for it to come out
Loved it!!
Loved it! Never read anything like it! Great book!
Brilliant
Brilliant, funny and so smart!!