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Zusatztext 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! Informationen zum Autor 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 , her debut novel, 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 was described as 'brilliant' by Hugh Grant, 'different and refreshing' by Marian Keyes and 'witty and original' by Clare Mackintosh. It was the first runner-up in the inaugural 2019 CWIP Prize. The Nursery has been called 'lethally addictive' by A. L. Gaylin, with 'shades of Killing Eve ' (Claire Allan); and was one of the Daily Telegraph 's Best 28 Thrillers of 2019. Klappentext 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. FIRST RUNNER-UP OF THE INAUGURAL 2019 CWIP PRIZE Zusammenfassung FIRST RUNNER-UP OF THE INAUGURAL 2019 CWIP PRIZE'Original' Clare Mackintosh'James Bond should retire now . But the more she digs into his life, the more Lex wonders if there isn't a different game going on - one in which she might be an unsuspecting casualty....
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Asia Mackay is a Chinese Scottish author and mother of four based in London. 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. Killing It, her debut novel, was the First Runner Up in Richard and Judy's Search for a Bestseller competition and First Runner Up for the Comedy Women In Print prize.
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