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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘I loved this book’ RICHARD OSMAN

‘An antiheroine able to best villainous male protagonists such as Patrick Bateman any day’ OBSERVER

‘Chilling, but also laugh-out-loud funny. Another corker’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

They say you can’t choose your family. But you can kill them.

Meet Grace Bernard.
Daughter, sister, serial killer…
Grace has lost everything.
And she will stop at nothing to get revenge.

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‘I’ve struggled to recover my reading mojo since lockdown. This turned out to be the thing that sparked it back to life… Funny, sharp, dark and twisted, Grace is a character I found myself rooting for even as she committed the most vile misdeeds’ JOJO MOYES

‘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 addictive…brilliantly 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 media’s obsession with murder’ SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

‘You’ll be gripped… Grace’s emotional detachment throughout will give you chills’ Rated 5 stars by COSMOPOLITAN
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‘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’ WOMAN’S WAY

How To Kill Your Family was number 1 in the Sunday Times paperback chart on 26/04/2022

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368 pages
Language

English
Publisher

The Borough Press
Publication date

14 April 2022
Dimensions

12.9 x 2.34 x 19.8 cm
ISBN-10

0008365946
ISBN-13

978-0008393847
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‘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

‘I loved this book’ RICHARD OSMAN

‘I’ve struggled to recover my reading mojo since lockdown. This turned out to be the thing that sparked it back to life… Funny, sharp, dark and twisted, Grace is a character I found myself rooting for even as she committed the most vile misdeeds’ JOJO MOYES

‘Addictive… one of the most intriguing and bewitching protagonists I've read in years’ EMMA GANNON

‘A funny, compulsive read about family dysfuction and the media’s obsession with murder’ SUNDAY TIMES STYLE

‘You’ll be gripped… Grace’s emotional detachment throughout will give you chills’ Rated 5 stars by 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

‘Original, funny, unique and such a refreshing read’ PRIMA

‘A deliciously dark debut novel’ RED

‘This smart revenge comedy is told through the eyes of the Villanelle-esque anti-hero Grace Bernard… Chilling, but also laugh-out-loud funny. Another corker of a debut’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

‘Deliciously addictive… brilliantly executed’ i PAPER

‘Witty, waspish satire of a murderer with no regrets’ GRAZIA

‘Darkly hilarious’ IRISH TIMES MAGAZINE

‘Deliciously dark and twisted’ You magazine, MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Bella Mackie’s debut novel is by turns pitch-dark and laugh-out-loud funny, with an outrageous final twist’ DAILY MAIL

‘hilarious… skilfully plotted’ Adele Parks The Sun

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Borough Press; 1st edition (14 April 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0008365946
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0008393847
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.34 x 19.8 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 9 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 5 in Humorous Fiction
- 18 in Literary Fiction (Books)
- 24 in Contemporary Fiction (Books)

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Isla Swan

Absolute balderdash

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2022

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Bought this book after reading the rave reviews. Was expecting a side -splitting read full of twists and turns. In reality I was bored to tears by the unbelievable storylines and the lack of empathy I had for the protagonist. It really is total rubbish. Don’t waste your money on this.

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Rebecca

Could have been so much better ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 July 2022

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Could have been so much better ...

I found the beginning of the book and the premise so intriguing. However, after the initial chapters the book just fell a little flat and was quite a slow burn. Some chapters felt a bit too long in places and heavy on needless descriptions. There was also sections were the story or plot appeared not all that clear.

I did like the perspective of Grace's story from prison alongside her recounts of her murders and plotting. However, the more the murders went on, I felt that Grace had lost some of the cunning serial killer character and became a little complacent. I drew the line after her uncle's murder. I felt the murders were getting more and more ridiculous and this really impacted on the quality and enjoyment.

Further to this, Grace and all the other characters, apart from Andrew, seemed really unlikeable and simply vile. I struggled to connect with her and did not find her to be that funny. I felt that there could have been more interactions between her and other characters, whereas a lot of this felt description heavy from a singular point of view.

Overall, I feel the ending really spoiled it for me. For a book where there was suposee to be a strong female character, it felt a little disappointing for a male character to suddenly appear and take all the credit. On a final note, I felt this book could have been so much better, with a little more drama and perhaps some more suspense thrown in.

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Kate Leaf

The main character is unlikable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 May 2022

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I gave up after about 50 pages. The main character is an exceptionally grumpy person who thinks she’s better than everyone else but in a really pathetic way (like she has better style and lame things like that).

6 people found this helpful

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Darren Miller

Gets political

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 June 2022

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It was quite good until page 39 and 40 where the writer disses President Trump, and there's a bit of anti-white too. The end has an unexpected twist which I found interesting.

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Agamoo

Book fell apart! Ending disappointing - spoiler!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 July 2022

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The idea, the plot, the build up were great (if not a little long winded) but the ending was so disappointing. For a story with such a strong, intelligent feminist protagonist all the way through the ending just felt so, for want of anything better to say… “meh”.
The narrator pretty much disappears for the last 50 pages, with no final words from her it left me thinking “is that it?”

Being totally honest, I wouldn’t recommend this novel.

This book will only be being returned due to the fact that before I’d even got to page 10, 8 pages fell out. They continued to fall out, the spine split and the cover fell off. It was like there wasn’t enough glue applied. The same thing happened to another book off the same order.

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veracity

First murderer I've felt sorry for !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2022

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Having been brought up in poverty because of being rejected by her wealthy Father and his parents , on her Mother's death Grace determined to eliminate all those family members standing in the way of her inheritance .
She was half way to her goal when a freak occurrence landed her in jail for a 'murder' she didn't commit .
Fortunately CCTV exonerated her .
She had left her main target , her father , until last , but unknown to her someone else had their eyes on the money, and in cahoots with Kelly , Grace's cellmate, was already siphoning it off , was aware of her nefarious plans, and knew how to thwart them.
I ended up feeling quite sorry for Grace ,she had literally put in all the spade work , only to be usurped at the end from both directions, with Kelly blackmailing her she looked to be even worse off than she was when she started .

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HT

Kind hearts and coronets

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2022

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I have trawled through as many descriptions and reviews as I can find, wondering if I’m just being stupid in missing somewhere that this book is an ‘homage’ to the Ealing comedy of 1949, but it doesn’t seem to be mentioned anywhere. It isn’t that there are similarities, it is blow for blow the same story with such minor alterations and updates as to make it pretty much identical. I don’t think the author is in any way trying to hide the fact; Grace even muses about shooting down a hot air balloon with a bow and arrow in order to further draw the reader’s attention to it.
Having said that this is a well (if over-) written story well worth anyone’s time. Witty and clever, if a little over long. Who doesn’t love a serial killer with a strong moral purpose?!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2022

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I felt the book was so long winded and took even longer to actually gain any sort of depth. The twist was totally random and pretty disconnected where the characters were concerned, as she was so unlikeable you didn’t really care what happened to her either way. The big quotes on the book saying ‘laugh out loud funny’ left me feeling confused as i couldn’t even decipher what parts were even trying to be funny.
Overall a boring read, would not recommend.

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