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A new, dark and shockingly funny thriller that you won’t be able to put down

Dangerous to Know

A gripping, dark and outrageously funny thriller

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This summer's raciest read . . . The must-have beach read for millennials this summer

A summer read to make you hotter than the weather outside . . . you'd be mad not to find room for this in your case

A fast-paced tale of sex, lies and murder . . . Sex and the City dialled up several notches

Gone Girl plus . . . Esposito has added a dollop of Bridget Jones to the mix

So begins this caper that has Alvina up to her neck in designer labels, hot sex and trouble . . . outrageous - it kept me reading

I just read Mad in one go. I bloody LOVED it. Like Gone Girl, if Amy Schumer had written it. SUCH fun

One of the most compelling and hilarious characters we've come across in a long time. Warning: this brilliant and dark book is not for the faint-hearted

Like The Devil Wears Prada - fast-paced, but funnier and more readable

Independent, 10 Best Debut Novels by Women Authors

She's an evil hot mess is what she is, and I kinda like it!

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

Trust us when we say that you won't ever have encountered a character quite like Alvie Knightly - the often-drunk, sex-mad, always-sassy heroine . . . A brilliantly bonkers read

If you loved [Paula Hawkins'] Into the Water, try Mad

Pure, unadulterated entertainment. There is nothing Chloé Esposito's Alvie won't do. Strap in for a fun, fast and fresh read

author of Sunday Times bestseller Good Me Bad Me

Chloe Esposito introduces a compelling and uncensored antiheroine

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

Mad is deliciously over-the-top, with a protagonist you'll never forget and an ending that promises more chaos to come

Chloe [has] a fantastic natural vibrancy and humour in her work

Richard Skinner, Director of Fiction at the Faber Academy

What readers are saying about Mad

A page-turner, compelling and delightfully crazy. I can't wait for books two and three

Chloé Esposito has broken the mould.  The unconventional heroine and plot breaks so many conventions leading to an enjoyable, fast-paced read, which manages to be well-written and funny.  It is perfect for the beach or a long journey

Absolutely loved this book, a real page turner and I didn't want to come to the end

Whoa! Yeah I started my review like that . . . but that's what this book is whoooaaa! it truly is M.A.D. . . . Mental Addictive

Insane for all the right reasons - once you meet Alvie Knightly you won't want to turn your back on her, no way!

This novel cracks along with frenetic, addictive style, beautifully descriptive in hot and heavy fashion . . . highly recommended

Mad is certainly mad! I was hooked on our hero, Alvie

The first book in an addictive, shocking and hilariously funny series

Beth has always been the golden girl, leaving her twin Alvie in her shadow. Beth has everything Alvie ever wanted - the money, the hot husband, the cute baby, the fast car. 
 So when Beth invites Alvie for seven sun-drenched days at her lavish villa in Sicily, Alvie accepts. Just because she can't stand Beth doesn't mean she can't enjoy a slice of her decadent lifestyle. 
 But her usually goody-two-shoes sister has a hidden agenda. And when the twins swap identities for a day, it ends badly for Beth. Very badly. 
 It's Alvie's chance to steal the life she deserves . . . if she can get away with it. 
 But what if having it all really means risking everything?

'A fast-paced tale of sex, lies and murder' Stylist 
 
What if you could take the life you'd always wanted? 
 
Alvie has always been in the shadow of her glamorous sister Beth. 
 
So when she's invited to her identical twin's luxurious Sicilian villa, Alvie accepts. 
 
Who wouldn't want seven days in the sun? 
 
With Beth's hot husband, the cute baby, the fast car and of course, the money. 
 
The thing is it's all too good to let go . . . and her sister Beth isn't the golden girl she appears. 
 
It's Alvie's chance to steal the life that she deserves. 
 
If she can get away with it. 
 
 
'The must-have beach read' Telegraph 
 
'Sizzlingly glamorous' Guardian 
 
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Can't get enough of Alvie? Why not read her next book, Bad?

Chloé Esposito is from Cheltenham and now lives in London. She has a BA and MA in English from Oxford University, where her dissertation focused on 19th-century feminist writers. She has been a senior management consultant, an English teacher at two of the UK's top private schools and a fashion stylist at Condé Nast. She is a graduate of the Faber Academy and is now writing full-time.

Mad

The first book in an addictive, shocking and hilariously funny series

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Sizzlingly glamorous

This summer's raciest read . . . The must-have beach read for millennials this summer

A summer read to make you hotter than the weather outside . . . you'd be mad not to find room for this in your case

**A fast-paced tale of sex, lies and murder . . . Sex and the City dialled up several notches**

The white-hot debut

Gone Girl plus . . . Esposito has added a dollop of Bridget Jones to the mix

So begins this caper that has Alvina up to her neck in designer labels, hot sex and trouble . . . outrageous - it kept me reading

**I just read Mad in one go. I bloody LOVED it. Like Gone Girl, if Amy Schumer had written it. SUCH fun**

One of the most compelling and hilarious characters we've come across in a long time. Warning: this brilliant and dark book is not for the faint-hearted

**Like The Devil Wears Prada - fast-paced, but funnier and more readable**

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