HOT WAX by M.L. Rio - ISBN: 9781035421169
Hardcover
Rock ‘n’ roll, secrets, and a wild ride to find herself.

HOT WAX

An electric, rock and roll fuelled story of one band's rise to stardom and one women's quest for answers

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  • Hardcover

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    17 February 2026

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Summary

‘Sensory and visceral from page one … M. L. Rio is a force to be reckoned with’ JENNIFER EGAN

‘The sleaze of the Stooges, the energy of the Ramones and the glamour of the Cramps - Hot Wax is a pure foot-on-the-monitors, amps-up-to-ten rock ‘n’ roll classic’ MAT OSMAN

A vivid and immersive tale of one woman’s reckless mission to make sense of the events that shattered her childhood, and made her who she is.

Summer, 1989: ten-ye…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035421169
ISBN-10:103542116X
Author:M.L. Rio
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Wildfire
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:17 February 2026
Weight:620g
Dimensions:238mm x 164mm x 40mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

The sleaze of the Stooges, the energy of the Ramones and the glamour of the Cramps-Hot Wax is a pure foot-on-the-monitors, amps-up-to-ten rock ‘n’ roll classic. – MAT OSMAN, bassist for Suede and author of The Ghost Theatre
Sensory and visceral from page one, Hot Wax is a propulsive father-daughter story infused with rock and roll down to its very cadences. M. L Rio is a force to be reckoned with. – JENNIFER EGAN, author of, A Visit From The Goon Squad
M.L. Rio’s electric, immersive writing makes you feel every beat of the music, every bead of sweat, every broken guitar string and split knuckle and spray of blood. By the end of this feverishly-composed rock ‘n’ roll masterpiece, you’ll be on your feet shouting for an encore. – LAYNE FARGO, bestselling author of The Favourites
Rio captures the joy and danger of rock ‘n’ roll in her raucous latest … Rio keeps the reader guessing-and turning the pages-while shining a light on Suzanne’s emotional scars. This electrifies. * Publishers Weekly *
An incendiary taleThe best book around rock’n’roll since High Fidelity. * Daily Express *
Hot Wax is an electrifying triumph of a novel with a raw, emotional core, finely crafted by the talented M. L. Rio. The rock and roll lifestyle might not be for everyone, but reading about it absolutely is. * Irish Examiner *

About The Author

M.L. Rio

M. L. Rio is the author of international bestseller and BookTok sensation If We Were Villains. She holds an MA in Shakespeare Studies from King’s College London and Shakespeare’s Globe and a PhD in early modern English literature from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research explores representations of madness and mood disorder on the early modern stage. She lives in Washington, D. C. with too many books, too many records, and a mutt called Marlowe.

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