- Published: 20 October 2020
- ISBN: 9781405928823
- Imprint: Michael Joseph
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $22.99
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A gripping, dark and outrageously funny thriller

















- Published: 20 October 2020
- ISBN: 9781405928823
- Imprint: Michael Joseph
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $22.99
Praise for Mad
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Using Sicily as a backdrop with its gorgeous architecture, villas and sexy men, Esposito pens an unforgettable summer debut headed by a no-holds-barred protagonist
Library Journal
Pure, unadulterated entertainment. There is nothing Chloé Esposito's Alvie won't do. Strap in for a fun, fast and fresh read
Ali Land, Sunday Times bestselling author of Good Me Bad Me
Deliciously over-the-top, with a protagonist you'll never forget
Bookpage
Gone Girl plus . . . Esposito has added a dollop of Bridget Jones to the mix
Telegraph
If you loved [Paula Hawkins'] Into the Water, try Mad
Red
Raunchy, fun
Guardian
The must-have beach read this summer
Telegraph
So begins this caper that has Alvina up to her neck in designer labels, hot sex and trouble . . . outrageous
Daily Mail
A summer read to make you hotter than the weather outside . . . you'd be mad not to find room for this in your case
Sun
I just read Mad in one go. I bloody LOVED it. Like Gone Girl, if Amy Schumer had written it. SUCH fun
Bryony Gordon, bestselling author of Mad Girl
She's an evil hot mess is what she is, and I kinda like it!
Sarah Knight, bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k
Allergic to chick lit? Meet Alvie Knightly . . . Insane as its title promises
Mail on Sunday
Trust us when we say that you won't ever have encountered a character quite like Alvie Knightly . . . A brilliantly bonkers read
Heat
Chloe [has] a fantastic natural vibrancy and humour in her work
Richard Skinner, Director of Fiction at the Faber Academy
Sizzlingly glamorous
Guardian
The white-hot debut
Glamour
Like The Devil Wears Prada - fast-paced, but funnier and more readable
Independent, 10 Best Debut Novels by Women Authors
Chloe Esposito introduces a compelling and uncensored antiheroine
US Weekly
A fast-paced tale of sex, lies and murder . . . Sex and the City dialled up several notches
Stylist
This fast-paced novel is a deadly game of cat and mouse . . . Multi-faceted, funny Alvie comes in hot, bringing with her a whole new level of hot, wicked, crazy awesome . . . Readers will fly through this book, and anxiously await the conclusion to the trilogy
Booklist, Starred Review
Packed with glamour, murder, sex and oodles of humour - an ideal beach read
The Herald
Revenge will be sweet - and in this case, extremely funny
New Magazine