<p><em>Murder Bimbo</em> is a new book about a sex worker-turned assassin … and it’s the debut novel by Rebecca Novack, a former priest-in-training. The story follows a sex worker nicknamed Murder Bimbo who is hired by the government to kill a right-wing politician. She does the deed, makes her escape, and tells her story in emails to a social justice podcaster. But things aren’t quite what they seem. So is she a scapegoat … or is she a liar? This week, Rebecca dives into the wild premise of the book, how she almost became a priest and the challenges of writing a political novel in fraught times.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Liked this conversation? Keep listening:</p><ul><li><a href=" https://link.mgln.ai/i9hfv5 " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why Mona Awad gave the Bunnies a say</a></li><li><a href="https://link.mgln.ai/pi1yPv " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taylor Jenkins Reid is among the stars — on and off the page</a></li></ul>