The next book to be featured on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage, the stylish and thrilling new novel from Asia Mackay. The book was released on 14 January and Asia’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from 21 January.
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A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage
Hazel and Fox are an ordinary married couple with a baby. Except for one small thing: they’re ex-serial killers.
They had it all. An enviable London lifestyle, five-star travels, and plenty of bad men to kill. Not many power couples know how to get away with murder.
Then Hazel fell pregnant and they gave it all up for life in the suburbs; dinner parties instead of body disposal.
But recently Hazel has started to feel that itch again. When she kills someone behind Fox’s back and brings the police to their door, she must do anything she can to protect her family.
This could save their marriage – unless it kills them first.
About the author
Asia a graduate of the Faber Academy course and her first two novels were published by Bonnier. Her debut, Killing It, was the Runner Up in the Comedy Women In Print prize.
A word from Asia
“I’m totally thrilled that A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage has been selected for the Radio 2 Book Club. It’s a real honour to know that esteemed readers, librarians and The Reading Agency connected with Haze and Fox’s story and their ever so unusual marriage. Libraries were my favourite place to bring my children when they were young as they were a much-needed peaceful haven we could read books and discover new authors together. Libraries helped teach them that they didn’t need noise and brightly coloured plastic to have fun – and I learnt they were much more respectful of a librarian asking for quiet, than they were their mother. Having my book in the Radio 2 Book Club has absolutely made my year (and it’s only January).”
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