A Little Bit Bad

So charismatic and confiding; I felt as if I'd found my new (and very bad) best friend * Eleanor Catton, author of The Luminaries * Structurally thrilling, viciously funny and subversive. Neyenesch’s magnetic narrator says the unsayable and thinks the unforgivable – and I would follow her anywhere. I adored every wicked page * Catherine Chidgey, author of The Book of Guilt * Sexy, dangerous, shocking, funny - A Little Bit Bad Is to die for. The most fun you can have with a novel. Perdita is the best bitch in modern fiction yet the anti-heroine we all want and need in our lives * Rachel Johnson * Wholly original and compulsively readable ... fresh, dark, subversive and wildly compelling. I can’t stop thinking about it. Neyenesch turns the suspense genre on its head in the best way; I couldn’t get enough * Sophie Stava, author of Count My Lies * Enthralling: a feisty true-crime obsessive's erotic awakening in the canyons of California embroils her in her very own murder mystery. Pretty much the platonic-ideal beach read * Ada Calhoun, author of Crush * A Little Bit Bad is a wild ride. Neyenesch has a totally original voice and a fresh perspective on life * Esther Walker * The ripple effects of Miranda July's hugely successful All Fours can be seen in several debuts this year that address sex, desire and monogamy. A Little Bit Bad by Cassandra Neyenesch concerns a woman who has an affair with her neighbour's roofer * BBC – The 40 most exciting books to look forward to in 2026 *