What A Way To Go
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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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A wealthy ghost, his beleaguered wife, and an internet detective narrate this sharp satirical mystery from Mackie (How to Kill Your Family). After hedge fund CEO Anthony Wistern is impaled by a spear-like decoration at his lavish 60th birthday party, he becomes trapped in a bureaucratic purgatory until he can recall the exact details of his death. Refusing to linger long in a place with low thread count sheets and monochromatic clothing, Anthony starts observing his family and friends for clues. At first, their indifference hurts; his wife, Olivia, can't even be bothered to pretend she's in mourning. Then it becomes a logistical problem: if everyone hated Anthony, anyone might have killed him, and he could be stuck in purgatory for eternity. All appears hopeless until an anonymous, true crime-obsessed internet sleuth in the Cotswolds takes up Anthony's case, unconvinced by the official narrative that his death was an accident. Filled with bitter laughs and nasty characters, this stinging send-up of the ultra-wealthy might grate on some, but Mackie has obvious fun doling out her characters' just deserts. The story's whodunit plot, too, is sufficiently twisty and designed with care. It's a strong sophomore effort that will please fans of Mackie's debut.
