The most riveting look at the dark side of marriage since Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?... fascinating. It induced nightmares, at least in this reader. No mean feat

This compulsive thriller works as a sharp satire on loneliness and partnership, and is a beautifully crafted, gripping read

An ambitious and well-crafted noir that manages to humanise its characters while fashioning their stories into a gripping page-turner

A perverse romance... deliciously clever, full of dark insight and even a touch of hope

Mr. Peanut, the daring, arresting first novel by Adam Ross, an author of prodigious talent... the novel is an enormous success - forceful and involving, often deeply stirring and always impressively original... This is a brilliant, powerful, memorable book

Ross is a sorcerer with words

The emotional language and perceptions of Mr. Peanut are extraordinary, and all the more so for their position within such a formally stylised novel ... it does entertain, inform and thoroughly delight

An impressive first novel

Arresting first novel by Adam Ross, an author of prodigious talent'...This is a brilliant, powerful, memorable novel

Ross' debut novel combines thriller and satire as he explores loneliness and marital difficulties in contemporary America

A sharp and satirical thriller...this well-crafted debut novel is gripping from the start

A riveting first novel... its greatest delight is the sheer brilliance of the writing, polished like marble so it moves without friction but wholly vivid and alive

Mr. Peanut is as ingenious as it is riveting

Mr. Peanut crackles with life. Ross's long set pieces... reveal his talent for conjuring characters and imagining scenes that, like good short stories, could stand nobly by themselves

Adam Ross has crafted a diabolically intricate novel, one that presents all the pleasures and challenges of a well-wrought Sudoku puzzle. There's a whiff of alchemy to the book; you can't quite believe that its many pieces fit together so snugly. Yet they do. Once you've finished, you run your eye back and forth and up and down, and every way you look it adds up. Mr. Peanut is smart, funny,
gripping and - in its ultimate unravelling - sneakily sad

As soon as I finished the first page, I knew I wouldn't be able to put this down . . . I thoroughly enjoyed it

Unforgettably dark and complex

Un-putdownable!

One of the most thrilling stories I’ve read… From the very first page, I was blown away by this fantastic thriller.

Haylen Beck’s debut will knock your socks off, a yarn that is as much neo-western as classic crime

Both nightmarish and terrifyingly plausible

If you’re looking for a thriller to grab you by the lapels and pin you to the wall, look no further.

A gripping read and a fantastic debut