This is the funny and thrilling story of how one woman does what all women do all the time - manage every single thing - and throws in a bit of efficient killing. Brilliant, wish I'd done more of that .
A NEW BREED OF HERO FOR THE 'WHY MUMMY DRINKS' AND 'UNMUMSY MUM' GENERATION
'I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!! It's so new and different and refreshing' MARIAN KEYES
'A riotously fun read . . . Asia Mackay puts the sass in assassin' L S HILTON
'An annoyingly brilliant and funny first novel' HUGH GRANT
Every working mum has had to face it.
The guilt-fuelled, anxiety-filled first day back in the office after maternity leave.
But this working mum is one of a kind.
Meet Alexis Tyler.
An elite covert agent within Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Her first project back is a high-stakes hit of global significance and the old boys network of government espionage is far from ready for the return of an operational mother. But woe betide anyone who ever tells Alexis Tyler 'you can't'.
She will have it all. Or she'll die trying . . .
And yes, she damn well will be home for bath time.
For fans of Dawn O'Porter's THE COWS, WHY MUMMY DRINKS and Channel 4's CATASTROPHE comes THE HERO YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
Praise for Killing It :
'Witty . . . fun . . . clever. BRILLIANT!' Sophie Ellis-Bextor
'Funny, observant and proper adrenaline inducing thrills , I now solely aspire to be even half the woman Lex Tyler is. A bad ass with a baby: every mother's dream ' Georgia Tennant
'What new mother can't relate to murder? This is the funny and thrilling story of how one woman does what all women do all the time - manage every single thing - and throws in a bit of efficient killing. Brilliant , wish I'd done more of that . . . ' Arabella Weir
'Bold and ballsy with style to burn, Killing It takes a sledgehammer to the spy genre and the result is pure brilliance' Chris Whitaker
An annoyingly brilliant and funny first novel Hugh Grant
A half-Chinese, half-Scottish Londoner, Asia studied Anthropology at Durham University, after which she started a career in television. She presented and produced lifestyle programmes in Shanghai before moving back to London, where she worked for Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman as Project Manager on their round the world motorbike documentaries. She started writing Killing It on maternity leave and undertook a Faber Academy course to help her finish it. Asia lives in London with her husband, four young children and two dogs. Killing It is her first novel.
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A EDGY, GRIPPING BRIDGET JONES WITH A BADASS TWIST, THE PERFECT PAGE-TURNER FOR FANS OF DAWN O'PORTER AND ALLISON PEARSON.
Prepare to meet Lex Tyler. The ambitious, uncompromising and completely compelling heroine a generation has been crying out for.
It's Lex's first day back at work after maternity leave. Her suit is too tight and she worries about the separation from her daughter as she leaves her with the nanny - but it's normal to worry, right?
But Lex isn't a 'normal' mother. She's an elite-trained killer who works for a covert department within Her Majesty's Secret Service. She's just been given the assignment of her life, but can she juggle motherhood with the life of an assassin and prove to everyone, including herself, that she's still the best?
Her world just isn't ready for an operational new mother.
But woe betide anyone who ever tells Lex Tyler 'you can't'.
Sharp, brilliant, explosive and absolutely page-turning, KILLING IT intelligently explores the emotional journey every working mother goes through, as well as introducing a badass heroine that you won't forget.
