BellaMackie’sHowtoKillYourFamilyisadarklyhumorousdebutnovelthatfollowsacunningantiheroasshegetsherrevenge.WhenIthinkaboutwhatIactuallydid,IfeelsomewhatsadthatnobodywilleverknowaboutthecomplexoperationthatIundertook.Gettingawaywithitishighlypreferable,ofcourse,butperhapswhenI’mlonggone,someonewillopenanoldsafeandfindthisconfession.Thepublicwouldreel.Afterall,almostnobodyelseintheworldcanpossiblyunderstandhowsomeone,bythetenderageoftwenty-eight,canhavecalmlykilledsixmembersofherfamily.Andthenhappilygotonwiththerestofherlife,nevertoregretathing.WhenGraceBernarddiscoversherabsenteemillionairefatherhasrejectedherdyingmother’spleasforhelp,shevowsrevengeandcoldlysetsouttogetherretribution--bykillingthemall,onebyone.Compulsivelyreadable,BellaMackie’sdebutnovelisdrivenbyacaptivatingfirst-personnarratorwhotalksofself-careandsocialmediawhilecalmlywalkingthereaderthroughherincreasinglybaroqueactsofmurder.Butthen,Graceisimprisonedforamurdershedidn’tcommit.Outrageouslyfunny,compulsive,andsubversive,HowtoKillYourFamilyisawickedlydarkrompaboutclass,family,love...andmurder.“Funny,sharp,dark,andtwisted.“--JojoMoyes
