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The Other Half
Agatha Christie meets Made in Chelsea in this bitingly funny police procedural packed with the suspense, wit, and energy of Knives Out
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Summary
YOU KNOW HOW THEY LIVE. THIS IS HOW THEY DIE.
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 take Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp down a rabbit hole of Classics degrees and aristocrats, Instagram influencers and who knows who. Or is it whom? Caius isn’t sure — can he pin any of them down long enough to see how the other half live, before anyone else dies?
‘One of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.’ ERIN KELLY
‘A fresh, bitingly witty take on the whodunnit.’ RED
‘Brilliantly compulsive . . . I could not stop reading this book.’ DENISE MINA
‘Sharply witty . . . an enticing blend of frothy social satire and deadly serious detective work.’ Daily Mail
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A perfectly horrid cast of over the top characters and an engaging detective. Glorious.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Such a fun, biting take on the thriller genre . . . I loved this book!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Highly recommend if you enjoy Lucy Foley, I raced through this in less than a day!
Critic Reviews
Smart, twisty and full of wry humour, The Other Half is the perfect new thriller for a country that’s fed up to the back teeth with posh people running things.
Critic Reviews
The Bullingdon Club meets Knives Out [in] Vassell’s highly entertaining and satirical whodunnit.
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A taut, tense debut.
Critic Reviews
A scintillating debut . . . 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. Much of what I loved about The Secret History is to be found here, but with a thoroughly modern sensibility all of its own.
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Smart, pacy and good fun.
Critic Reviews
Brilliantly compulsive storytelling and in a completely repellent milieu. I could not stop reading this book.
CharlotteVassell
Charlotte Vassell studied history at the University of Liverpool and completed a Master’s in art history at SOAS, University of London, before training as an actor at Drama Studio London.The Other Half, the first installment of her DI Caius Beauchamp series was published in 2023. Charlotte won the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Novel in 2025 for The In…
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