Charlotte Vassell
The Other Half: You know how they live. This is how they die.
The Other Half: You know how they live. This is how they die.
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Vassell's debut novel is a blend of frothy social satire and deadly serious detective work, following Detective Caius Beauchamp as he investigates a murder at a black tie dinner party. The investigation is filled with twists and turns, and the characters are over-the-top and engaging.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Agatha Christie meets Made in Chelsea in Vassell's razor-sharp debut novel, a tantalizing blend of frothy social satire and deadly serious detective work. The Daily Mail praised it as "brilliantly compulsive," while Denise Mina described it as "sharp, witty, and energetic as it is bitingly satirical." The night before Rupert's 30th birthday, a black-tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's is catered with cocaine and Veuve Clicquot. The morning after, his girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath. All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally. This investigation is going to be about Classics degrees, aristocrats, Instagram influencers, and who knows who. Or is it whom? Detective Caius Beauchamp isn't sure. He's sharply dressed, smart, and as into self-improvement as Clemmie, but as he searches for the dark truth beneath the luxury, a wall of staggering wealth threatens to shut down his investigation before it's begun. Can he see through the tangled set of relationships in which the other half live, and die, before the case is taken out of his hands?
Bitingly funny, full of twists, and all too close to reality, this is a stunning debut from your next favorite crime writer. An incredible crime debut. Erin Kelly praised it as "scintillating," while Harriet Tyce described it as "delicious, searing." What a great new voice she is in detective fiction! S. J. Bennett praised it as "a perfectly horrid cast of over-the-top characters and an engaging detective. Glorious."
What readers are saying: "A perfectly horrid cast of over-the-top characters and an engaging detective. Glorious." "5* review" "Such a fun, biting take on the thriller genre. I loved this book!" "5* review" "It was fast-paced and twisty, and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I loved it." "5* review" "It's the characters that really make this book, and I'd love to see."
Weight: 322g
Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571374977
Edition number: Main
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