Borough Press announces the second 'page-turning' novel from Bella Mackie

The Borough Press has announced the second novel from Bella Mackie, author of How to Kill Your Family. Titled What a Way to Go, it will publish on 12th September 2024. 

Secured in a two-book deal announced in 2019, the synopsis reads: "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. Unfortunately for him, he is also dead. And now poised to inherit his fortune, each member of his family falls under suspicion. None of them seem to be worried about where the money is. Or to have noticed the murder-obsessed outsider, looking to expose them all…"

Ann Bissell, deputy publishing director, commented: "No one writes about extreme wealth, dysfunctional families and murder with the same scalpel-sharp humour as Bella. Starring a brilliantly drawn cast – from awful rich people to true crime obsessives – and brimming with Bella’s signature scathing social commentary, What a Way to Go is an absolute page-turning joy from start to finish."

Mackie added: "Seeing How to Kill Your Family in bookshops and on shelves was the biggest thrill of my life, I still can’t really believe it and I can’t thank everyone who stocked it and got behind it enough. I hope you love What a Way to Go just as much, I’m so excited to get it into people’s hands, I’ve missed the feeling of meeting booksellers and readers so much."

The Borough Press announced another two-book deal with Mackie in 2022 which secured Mackie’s publishing with the imprint until 2027.