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Published: 7th February 2023
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The Other Half: You know how they live. This is how they die.
By (Author) Charlotte Vassell
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
7th February 2023
Export - Airside ed
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
Paperback
368
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 26mm
464g
The night beforeRupert's 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's - cateredwith cocaine and Veuve Clicquot.
The morning after
His girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath. All theparty-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 CaiusBeauchamp 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, awall of staggering wealth threatens to shut down his investigation before it'sbegun.
Can he see through the tangled set of relationships in which the other halflive, 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 stunningdebut from your next favourite crime writer.
Charlotte Vassell studied History at the University of Liverpool and completed a Masters in Art History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, before training as an actor at Drama Studio London. Other than treading the boards Charlotte has also worked in advertising, as a head-hunter, and as a purveyor of silk top hats.