The In Crowd

'One of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.' ERIN KELLY 'A total joy to read.' HARRIET TYCE WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2025 Being in is everything. Calliope Foster is standing, Pimms in hand, under tasteful bunting at a Richmond garden party. She's here to toast her best friend's engagement. Being out is murder. Meanwhile, just a stone's throw away, police are pulling a body out of the river Thames. The drowning appears to be a tragic accident - but as Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp is about to discover, the death is connected to this gathering of who's who in a way that could very well spell scandal. There may be a wedding to plan, but a dead body will unravel even the best-laid plans . . . WHAT READERS ARE SAYING WOW . . . Fabulously plotted, excellent characters and what a twist at the end. The book is unputdownable (just like the last). I am just annoyed at myself at how quickly I read it! Filled with dead bodies, shocking twists and surprises, and even romance, this second book in the series is as good if not better than the first.

'One of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.' ERIN KELLY 'A total joy to read.' HARRIET TYCE WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2025 Being in is everything. Calliope Foster is standing, Pimms in hand, under tasteful bunting at a Richmond garden party. She's here to toast her best friend's engagement. Being out is murder. Meanwhile, just a stone's throw away, police are pulling a body out of the river Thames. The drowning appears to be a tragic accident - but as Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp is about to discover, the death is connected to this gathering of who's who in a way that could very well spell scandal. There may be a wedding to plan, but a dead body will unravel even the best-laid plans . . . WHAT READERS ARE SAYING WOW . . . Fabulously plotted, excellent characters and what a twist at the end. The book is unputdownable (just like the last). I am just annoyed at myself at how quickly I read it! Filled with dead bodies, shocking twists and surprises, and even romance, this second book in the series is as good if not better than the first.

A bitingly witty and compulsive crime novel about the bad behaviour of the rich and powerful from rising star Charlotte Vassell. 'A total joy to read.' Harriet Tyce 'Confirms Charlotte Vassell as one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.' Erin Kelly 'A stylish saga of cops and inverted snobbery.' The Times Some people are in On the last Saturday in August, politicos and socialites trade tidbits of gossip and sips of Pimm's under the tasteful bunting of a Richmond garden party. They'd never guess that the police are just a stone's throw away, pulling a body out of the river Thames. Some people wish they were The drowning appears to be a tragic accident - until Detective Caius Beauchamp gets an unexpected tip. The victim, it seems, had enemies in high places. Did being on the wrong side of them get her killed? Either way, being out is absolute murder Praise for Charlotte Vassell's debut The Other Half 'Brilliantly compulsive . . . I could not stop reading this book.' DENISE MINA 'As sharp, witty and energetic as it is bitingly satirical.' JANICE HALLETT 'Delicious, searing . . . What a great new voice she is in detective fiction!' S. J. BENNETT