A couple that kills together, stays together, but what happens when they have to stop? A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage follows married couple and ‘retired’ serial killers Hazel and Fox as they try to live a normal life for the sake of their newborn daughter, Bibi. However, after years of hunting down and slaughtering the ‘bad men’ of Europe, the sleepy streets and quiet life of their leafy suburbia just doesn’t seem to cut it and quite quickly their world begins to implode.

ASKGTM is a fast paced and gripping story which will definitely keep you turning the pages and there are plenty of twists along the way to leave your jaw hanging for a moment or two. Told from multiple POV’s (including text messages) it really does keep you on your toes throughout.

I loved the premise of this one, the concept of serial killers stopping when a big life event happens has always intrigued me but I felt ASKGTM just didn’t do the storyline justice. While I did enjoy the book, I was left wanting more and I would have loved a little bit more back story and depth.

I switched between the audiobook and kindle and found that the narrators, Georgia Tennant and Kyle Soller did a fantastic job at bringing the story to life. Narrators often make or break a book and I have been known to DNF a book because of this but these two were the absolute perfect match and they really portrayed the sarcasm and humour which was laced throughout the book.

Perfect for those who are looking for a fun little popcorn thriller that will keep you engaged until the very end!

3.5/5 ⭐

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This book reminded me of another book very similar about a couple who are serial killers, because of this I felt it was samey and quite repetitive

Took 40% for anything remotely interesting to happen, then fell off a little again. The final 25% was interesting, but the ending felt convenient and a little too open. Not something I'd read again or recommend, I don't think.

A thoroughly engaging book about a couple of ex serial killers who’ve decided to go straight for the sake of their young child. But have they? Fox and Hazel are both hiding secrets from each other. An interesting look at modern marriage and how we sublimate our hopes and desires for suburban parenthood. Highly recommended

Set in the UK he narrative follow a couple in their "retirement" from global serial killing. Now new parents they are trying to normalise their lives with varying degrees of success.
There are really only 2 or 3main characters, Fox aka Nathaniel, Hazel and Jenny.
I wasn't really drawn in by the writing style, there was a plethora of events then and now and increasing levels of implausibility in the narrative line

I can't say i wanted to give up on the book but I did find it incredulous and I am not sure that I would read more by the same author

It took me a while to finish this book. I enjoyed it in the end, but it became a little repetitive for me in the middle and i got bored. I think it was just too dragged out and the ending chapters with Jenny were a little stupid, reminded me a lot actually of Killing Eve where Eve essentially enabled Villanelle to keep killing.

The premise was interesting and i have not read anything really like it, most certainly a unique story and i think my issue is that i just didnt like either Fox or Haze at all, they werent "nice" enough to sympathise with i guess.

3/5 from me, sorry.

Sadly this was one of the few books I have been selected to read on NetGalley that I did not finish.

I loved the premise of the novel, but the characters were just not as engaging as I had hoped.

Really funny and good satire type of lit fic novel. The characters really intrigued me. I enjoyed it!

I was a little disappointed with this book. The premise was so good, bur poorly delivered. I kept waiting for the moment where it would get better, but it never did.

In this twisty tale, we meet Haze and Fox, a married couple who bonded over a shared love of killing bad guys. Once their first baby is born, however, they agree to put the killing behind them in order to become a “normal family” for their daughter. We meet Haze as she has reached peak boredom. She loves her child, but she misses the fun she and her husband used to have dispensing vigilante justice before they became parents. Fox, on the other hand, has secrets of his own that he’d rather not reveal to Haze.

What follows is a funny, quirky novel with chapters from both Fox and Haze’s POV which sees their struggles with their new lives, new friends, family, and their past. The characters are great and, while perhaps a little farfetched, the plot is engaging and well paced.

My thanks to the author, NetGalley, and the publisher for the arc to review.

Thanks so much to Headline and Headline Audio for my advanced copies of this ebook and audiobook in return for an honest review.

I enjoyed this. I loved the main characters Hazel and Fox, and their strange but solid relationship. Their history was crazy, the way they met, and how things progressed with them was weird and fun to read about.

The narrators on the audiobook were really good too, and there were a few times I laughed out loud, some of Hazel’s one liners were funny.

I wasn’t sure of the ending, but I hope there’s a second book, I really want to know how they get on now things are a bit different.

Utterly brilliant and darkly humorous.

Haze and Fox will live on in my head for a LONG time, and I would love to see a sequel featuring Jenny too.

If you like a good thriller, but perhaps need something of a palate cleanse, then I absolutely recommend A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage. Laugh out loud funny in places: it's an average marriage just with the added complication of man and wife being serial killers.

A very different kind of book and not necessarily what I was expecting but maybe I didn't really know what to expect. I enjoyed it and I'm glad that it concluded the way it did. Without giving too much away, it had a touch of 'the kind worth killing ' about it.

What a fantastic premise - a couple bound together by their love of murder, now navigating life with a baby while grappling with the loss of their passion.

A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage offers a darkly entertaining take on relationships, parenthood, and the secrets couples keep.

Haze and Fox are far from an ordinary married couple.

Once jet-setting assassins, eliminating ‘bad’ men while living in luxury, their world shifts when Haze becomes pregnant.

Fox decides it’s time to leave their murderous lifestyle behind for the sake of their daughter, Bibi, and embrace a ‘normal’ suburban existence.

But for Haze, domesticity feels suffocating.

As her marriage loses its spark, she finds herself craving the thrill of the kill - until one night, she gives in to temptation, taking a life on her own.

Now she must conceal the truth, not just from Fox, but also from her new friend, a police detective on maternity leave.

Unbeknownst to Haze, Fox has his own ways of coping with the loss of their former life, while also contending with his controlling family in America, whose interference threatens everything they’ve built.

This is an engaging and original story, exploring marriage, parenthood, and the compromises people make for love - albeit with a murderous twist.

While Haze and Fox believe their struggles are unique, the underlying themes of identity, relationship dynamics, and adjusting to life after a baby are surprisingly universal.

The inclusion of excerpts on marriage advice adds an amusing contrast to their highly unconventional situation, while the alternating perspectives between Haze and Fox keep the narrative fresh and well-paced.

Haze’s sharp wit and dry humour inject levity into the darker themes, particularly in her awkward attempts to make mum friends.

Overall, A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage is a well-paced, darkly comic read that delivers on both thrills and laughs.

An entertaining, offbeat take on love, secrets, and the lengths people will go to in order to keep their relationships alive.

With thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A brilliant read. I really enjoyed the concept of a serial killing couple who only kill those who have done wrong. Reminded me a little of the Dexter character & his moral compass.

I did not finish this book as I did not enjoy it. I couldn’t get over the repeated references to “bad men.” Book was not for me.

i did really enjoy this! it had a good pace and the characters were really well written. it had really good twists and I found the book flowed really smoothly between chapters.

I loved this story. I don't think I've read anything like this in quite some time and even then it was probably nothing like this.

2 serial killers who fall for each other, continue killing together until family life causes them to call a halt on their activities. This family life and the break in killing lead to potential troubles in the relationship and the story jumps from the POV of one protagonist to the other frequently throughout the book.

I found this to be very much on the dark side of humour and read through it very quickly as it was so enjoyable.

No further spoilers regarding the storyline from me, but I would recommend this to anyone.

Thanks to the the author, publisher and NetGalley for my copy.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and would definitely recommend and even read it again.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me the chance to read this ARC.

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I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. A quick read to fly through, with compelling characters and an even complicated marriage.

I kind of wished we got a more fleshed out resolution at the end— but their marriage problems getting resolved after a murder definitely fits their MO

4 stars