Fearless . . . This summer's must-read literary thriller. The writer's skilful depiction of female rage amid a world of predatory men will have you laughing, crying . . . and unable to put it down

Evening Standard

Showcases Taddeo's dark imagination, confronting prose and vodka-dry humour . . . Taddeo is at her best when she's writing about female friendship, with all its fraught nuances

Red

Taddeo can deliver turns of phrase so perfect, they feel like they've been on the tip of your tongue for ever . . . When it comes to describing some of femininity's ugliest double binds, Taddeo is as brutal as the best of them. She is funny, too

i

Explores female desire and sexual power dynamics in a collection of stories that often feel shockingly true . . . Some readers will feel a shock of recognition – Taddeo has a knack for saying what women often feel they can't say aloud

Guardian

These nine stories from the bestselling author of Three Women and Animal simmer with poisonous energy . . . Candid and caustic, these portraits are bold, bleak and entirely believable

Daily Mail

Dizzying, dripping and highly addictive

Tatler