Literary Fiction

How to Kill Your Family

by Bella Mackie

An imprisoned narrator calmly recounts her meticulous campaign of family murder—some brutal, some serene—while languishing behind bars for the one death she didn't cause. Mackie's debut is a darkly comic revenge thriller that dissects privilege, resentment, and the absurdity of getting caught for the wrong crime. Witty, ruthless, and gleefully amoral.

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