'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