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You know how they live. This is how they die...
Synopsis:
Who killed Clemmie? Was it the blithe, sociopathic boyfriend? His impossibly wealthy godmother? The gallery owner with whom Clemmie was having an affair? Or was it the result of something else entirely?
All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally. This investigation is going to be about aristocrats and Classics degrees, Instagram influencers and whose father knows who.
Or is it 'whom'? Detective Caius Beauchamp isn't sure. He's sharply dressed, smart, and thoroughly modern—he discovers Clemmie's body on his early morning jog. As he searches for the dark truth beneath the luxurious life of these London socialites, a wall of staggering wealth and privilege threatens to shut down his investigation before it's even begun. Can Caius peer through the tangled mess of connections in which the other half live—and die—before the case is wrenched from his hands?
Review:
Ah, the upper classes-their's is not a world Det Beauchamp is familiar with. And as his case progresses and he has to try to figure out the complicated web of deceit and lies, while alternatingly liking and appalled by his list of suspects, and their privledged behavior. As he gets too close to the truth, it seems like the case gets more twisted and provides more questions than answers. Beauchamp offers the reader a witty, funny, everyman detective and this is a superb debut novel- I can't wait to read more twisty mysteries solved by Beauchamp!
About the Author:
Charlotte studied History at the University of Liverpool and completed a Master’s in Art History at the School of Oriental & African Studies before training as an actor at Drama Studio London. Other than treading the boards Charlotte has also worked in advertising, executive search and as a purveyor of silk top hats.
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