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How To Kill Your Family: THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Paperback – 14 April 2022
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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
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThe Borough Press
- Publication date14 April 2022
- Dimensions12.9 x 2.34 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-100008365946
- ISBN-13978-0008393847
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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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THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
From the Back Cover
About the Author
Bella Mackie has written for the Guardian, Vogue and Vice. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Jog On. This is her first novel.
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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: 12 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 8 in Humorous Fiction
- 20 in Literary Fiction (Books)
- 28 in Contemporary Fiction (Books)
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 July 2022
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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.
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.

By Agamoo on 28 July 2022
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.

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 .
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?!
Overall a boring read, would not recommend.