You coulda a shove him off a cliff? a hit him with a mallet? a put arsenic in his tea? Who would judge you? Lord knows every woman has thought about ita right? For Cassie, Jasmine and Hannah their private jokes about dispatching their significant others have suddenly taken on a sinister reality. Particularly for Jasmine, because somewhere between her husband's philandering and their marriage saving grace trip to Australia he's gone and got himself killeda What's a girl to do? Life should begin at 40 but now she's facing 40 to life! Of course she didn't do ita but are they sure? She did make an awful lot of jokesa she often said 'where there's a will there's a way in' and, you know, maybe he deserved it? Despite all this, Cassie and Hannah are sure of their friend's innocence and set out to clear her name. But they're not prepared for what they finda betrayal, adultery, toy boys and suspicions that just won't go away. Can their friendship survive these increasingly dark revelations? With a wit and wisdom all her own, Kathy Lette has crafted another hilarious and poignant novel about marriage.

Author Biography

Kathy Lette is a celebrated and outspoken comic writer who has an inimitable take on serious current issues. She is one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism, paving the way for Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham. She first achieved succos de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, which was made into a major film and a TV mini-series. After several years as a newspaper columnist and TV sitcom writer in America and Australia, she's written 11 international bestsellers in her characteristic witty voice, including Mad Cows, How to Kill Your Husband - and Other Handy Household Hints (staged by the Victorian opera) and The Boy Who Fell to Earth. She is known for her regular appearances on BBC and Sky news programmes. She is an ambassador for Women and Children First, Plan International, the White Ribbon Alliance and the NAS. Kathy Lette lives in London with her husband and two children, and can often be found at The Savoy drinking a cocktail named after her. Kathy is an autodidact (a word she taught herself) but in 2010, received an honorary doctorate from Southampton Solent University. Visit her website at www.kathylette.com to read her hilarious blog, and find her on Twitter @KathyLette and Facebook /KathyLetteAuthor