"Too Raunchy for the Ritz!" read one recent headline about Chloe Esposito's debut novel, Mad. It seems bosses at the posh hotel may have taken umbrage with a particularly hot sex scene in the book, which takes place in their Royal Suite, and cancelled plans for a launch event there.

It's the first book in a trilogy, which was snapped up by publishers, has sold in 25 territories to date, and has been optioned for a film deal with Universal and Michael de Luca, producer of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Mad is totally bonkers - in a good way - and is set between London and Sicily over one blood-drenched week in August. Róisín Ingle spoke to Esposito about it, about good and bad feminism, the fascination with identical twins, and lots more.