Killing It

An annoyingly brilliant and funny first novel * Hugh Grant * I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!! It's so new and different and refreshing and I found it such fun (also loved the feminist message) * Marian Keyes * Witty and original . . . one for your suitcase this summer * Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go * I loved it. Really entertaining, good fun and captures the mum juggle/guilt perfectly. Would love to go out for a drink with Lex. PS You had me at Monkey Music #TeamLex * The Unmumsy Mum * A riotously fun read . . . James Bond should retire now: Lex Tyler shows him up for the tired old has-been he is. With prose as sharp as her heroine's (actual) killer heels, Asia Mackay puts the sass in assassin as it's never been done before * L. S. Hilton * Witty . . . fun . . . clever. BRILLIANT! * Sophie Ellis-Bextor * Killing It will bring to the screen an urgently contemporary, kick-ass action heroine for our times. Lex Tyler is the ultimate female trail-blazer: as dextrous with a breast pump as she is with a gun. We're so excited to be going on a thrilling action adventure with Lex, to cinematise her battle with returning to work, trying to take care of a young baby and, of course, trying to save the country . . . * Rory Aitken, Producer, 42 Media & Production * This might be the best fun I've ever had reading a book. 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, winner of the CWA John Creasey Dagger * I really think it deserves to be read as a feminist rallying cry to all of those mothers doing such a lot of emotional, as well as physical, work to keep their families happy * Stephanie Butland, author of Lost for Words * Mackay's debut is fresh and fun, and adroitly combines social and parenting comedy with detail-rich derring-do -- John Dugdale * The Sunday Times * Mackay's debut is fresh and fun, and adroitly combines social and parenting comedy with detail-rich derring-do * Sunday Times * With a slick plot, pin-sharp prose and an authentic feel, this fiercely feminist and witty thriller will keep you gripped . . . and rooting for a rather wonderful heroine * Sunday Mirror * With dark humour, a twisty plot and a healthy dose of genuine emotion, this unique novel is a thrilling ride * Heat magazine * This fiercely feminist and witty thriller will keep you gripped - and rooting for the really rather wonderful heroine * Sunday People * Forget James Bond and meet this summer's most fearless, most resourceful and most entertaining superhero-spy . . . In her hilarious, clever and refreshingly original debut, Asia Mackay shows us just what fun can be extracted from the creation of a breast-feeding but strong-willed woman who can successfully combine espionage with motherhood . . . As fast with her mother-of-the-baby quips as she is with a loaded .38 pistol, Lex Tyler is a brilliant new feminist hero . . . Mackay's twist on the traditional male spy genre - starring an agent who uses her equivalent of Bond's Q to rig up surveillance gadgets for 'hands-free parenting' - is entertainment at its most imaginative and enjoyable. With put-downs aplenty, breathtaking action sequences, and fascinating emotional insights into every working mother's innermost guilt complex, this is a hit-woman thriller that certainly hits the spot! * Lancashire Evening Post * Exciting and very funny * http://bookoxygen.com * Killing It is lighthearted, funny and very easy to read . . . I couldn't put this one down * The L Space * With put-downs aplenty, breathtaking action sequences, and fascinating emotional insights into every working mother's innermost guilt complex, this is a hit-woman thriller that certainly hits the spot! * Lancashire Evening Post *