The Other Half
by Charlotte Vassell
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Pub Date Jan 19 2023 | Archive Date Feb 07 2023
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Description
THE NIGHT BEFORE
Rupert’s 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald’s – 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 and 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 favourite crime writer.
Advance Praise
'Brilliantly compulsive storytelling and in a completely repellent milieu. I could not stop reading this book.' – Denise Mina
'Imagine A Handful of Dust meets The Great Gatsby on a Northern Line tube to Kentish Town. That’s The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell, a crime thriller as sharp, witty and energetic as it is bitingly satirical.' – Janice Hallett
'An incredible crime debut. The Other Half is the love child of Evelyn Waugh and Susie Steiner, I devoured it. Gripping, funny, enraging and incisive.' – Erin Kelly
'An accomplished crime debut that is part mystery and satire, from a writer to watch.' – Steve Cavanagh
'Shifts effortlessly from the sacred to the profane by combining a cast of compulsively ghastly characters, a truly engaging cop, Ancient Greek, Instagram, a corpse on the Heath and a butler in McDonald’s.' – Harriet Tyce
'A sinister, erudite, and clever whodunit; a modern story propelled by literary allusions and a sophisticated wit that seem to have sprung from the era of the bright, young things.' – Peter Swanson
'Donna Tartt for the North London glitterati - sharp, funny writing meets tight plotting in a unique, new voice.' – Ajay Chowdhury
'The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell is an incredibly accomplished debut - the writing is pin-sharp and skewers class and pretension with hilarious precision.' – Cailean Steed
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780571374939 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
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Featured Reviews
Book Trade Professional 610399
This is such a fun, biting take on the thriller genre - absolutely skewering of the English upper classes, but also a pacy, exciting mystery at the same time. I loved this book!
Aria H, Reviewer
A really enjoyable read that I couldn't pout down. Great writing with a gripping storyline and well developed characters. It was fast paced and twisty and I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I loved it.
Helen N, Book Trade Professional
Loved this book - it was great fun with adorably pretentious characters and a great storyline with plenty of twists and turns. Some things were quite over the top but that only added to the fun of reading it.
On a serious note it is a pacy crime novel with plenty of sly wit thrown in.
Reviewer 266180
Bitingly Satirical…
A glitzy birthday party for Rupert with no expense spared is marred by the discovery of murder the morning after. When the victim is declared to be Rupert’s girlfriend, all of the party goers clearly have the perfect alibi. Don’t they? Enter Detective Caius Beauchamp. There is more to this than meets the eye. Central here is the solid and enjoyable whodunnit set against a bitingly satirical look at the upper classes in all their dreadful glory. With a whip sharp narrative and a keen observational eye the author creates a perfectly horrid cast of over the top characters and an engaging detective. Glorious.
Book Trade Professional 479806
Absolutely brilliant, a rollicking upper class caper through crime and Classics, I loved THE OTHER HALF. It combines the gaudy glamour of Made In Chelsea with page-turning thriller, Charlotte Vassell is a shining star and a modern day Agatha Christie. Highly recommend if you enjoy Lucy Foley, I raced through this in less than a day! Make sure this is on your 2023 TBR pile, you won’t regret a moment.
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