Mad
The first book in an addictive, shocking and hilariously funny series
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2.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
'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?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Chloe Esposito’s first book in her Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know trilogy ticks plenty of holiday reading boxes. It’s a pulsating thrill ride of a novel, with our heroine Alvie ditching her frustrating life and adopting her smug twin sister Beth’s identity. Esposito takes great pleasure in detailing the raucous seven days that follow, with shocking violence and scandalous sex all featuring strongly on the itinerary. You’ll be wishing forward to the next book and your next holiday.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the opening chapter of Esposito's overwrought second thriller featuring Alvie Knightly (after 2017's Mad), Alvie's twin sister, Beth, slips and hits her head before falling into the swimming pool of her Sicilian villa. Alvie, who was with Beth at the pool's edge, does nothing to save her from drowning. By chapter's end, Alvie, now posing as Beth, has murdered or arranged the murder of a number of men, including Beth's mob-connected husband, before running off with assassin Nino and 2 million to London, where they check into the Ritz. The next morning, Nino steals the euros and leaves her with no clothes. But the resourceful Alvie soon is chasing Nino across Europe with revenge on her mind, using her sister's passport. The plot spins along on wry humor, well-placed pop culture references, and Alvie's outsized personality. But Alvie's self-centeredness and perpetual lack of self-control gets tiresome after a while. Some readers won't be in a hurry to spend more time with her in the trilogy's conclusion.
