HOT WAX

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 TheatreSensory 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 SquadM.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 FavouritesRio 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 tale … The 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 *

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.