<p><b>Shortlisted for the Goodreads Awards 2023.<br><br>From John Marrs, the bestselling author of <i>The One</i>. Set in the same world, <i>The Marriage Act</i> is a dark, high-concept thriller.</b><br><br><b>‘One of the most exciting original thriller writers’ - Simon Kernick, author of <i>Good Cop Bad Cop</i></b><br><br><b>What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?</b><br><br>Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills – the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single.<br><br>But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives, tracking every word, every minor disagreement . . . and wi
