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‘Delicious. Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read’ MARIAN KEYES

‘I was immensely grateful that despite the gruesome way my husband died, he’d done it with his clothes on.’

Anthony Wistern is wealthy beyond imagination. Fragrant wife, gaggle of photogenic children, French chateau, Cotswold manor, plethora of mistresses, penchant for cutting moral corners, tick tick tick tick tick tick.

Unfortunately for him, he’s also dead. Suddenly poised to inherit his fortune, each member of the family falls under suspicion.

And that’s when the lying starts…

'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’ *****