A near-perfect marriage of style and content...A terrific, bravura tale...has a magnificent, thrilling urgency

A deftly plotted tale...With Rapids, Tim Parks demonstrate, once again, that he is a supremely confident storyteller...As refreshing as it is memorable

Triumphant...In Rapids he has excelled himself

A writer of considerable intelligence and great technical skill...His work is always tremendously readable

A truly outstanding writer... immensely readable and deeply intelligent

Parks is a writer of technical brilliance and ambition, whose fiction has been getting better and better...Written with a compelling urgency and energy...It is thrillingly paced

A thoughtful and moving novel

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

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

Allergic to chick lit? Meet Alvie Knightly . . . Insane as its title promises

Raunchy, fun

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

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

What readers are saying about Mad

100% MAD about this book

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

A fast-paced mystery thriller ... Thanks to Cotterell's convincing characters, you'll find yourself questioning right and wrong, and how far a woman should go to protect her family.

All I can say is WOW! If you are a fan of the psychological thriller genre, then this needs to go on your 'must get' list... Excellent.