What a Way to Go

Bella Mackie Press Reviews

'Delicious' JOJO MOYES

'Very funny… I inhaled it' JOE LYCETT

'Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read' MARIAN KEYES

'The right side of spiky and the right kind of fun, with huge personality' ADELE PARKS

'It takes a lot of skill to write a novel in which none of the characters are particularly likeable, and yet you still find yourself propelled forwards, desperate to see what happens. In Bella Mackie's second novel - What A Way To Go - a wealthy patriarch dies at an obscenely opulent party, and we witness the fallout through the eyes of various family members and protagonists. God, they're all deliciously awful. I loved her first, How to Kill Your Family, and her she seems to have found a rich and poisonous vein. Think a very English Succession, with just as much intrigue, backstabbing, and narcissism' JOJO MOYES

'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' 

'I never thought it was possible for someone to write a book about murder in a light-hearted way. But Bella Mackie smashed it' 

'Her sarcasm knows no bounds and I love it' 

'Sparky, slick, wildly compulsive'

'Her chatty style which speaks directly to the reader'

'Macabre, flippant, and darkly hilarious'

'Incredibly refreshing reading'

'Her irreverent, withering put-downs and sharply observed comments'