Charlotte Vassell

As we age it becomes increasingly unbelievable that the bizarre young people we read about are actually normal young people being culturally normal. For example, I recently met a federal employee with tunnel plug earrings in his ears and lavender nail polish on his fingers. Not my style but I found it amusing that I was startled.

Here we realize that the London Police force must also have young people in it. These young people are interested in the same things other young people are interested in - designer furniture, vegan food, and running regimens - and that their being young and from a different world does not interfere with their ability to solve crimes.

This book is about young coppers solving crimes involving their chronological contemporaries who happen to be filthy rich.

I received a review copy of this book through NetGalley.com.… (mais)

I’ve already been deep in the holiday reading and needed a little strange, so I picked up The Other Half to get lost in a twisted mystery.

A large part of the novel focuses on the investigation, which I quite enjoyed. A lot of the mysteries I’ve read recently focus on the victims accounts and the myriad of suspicious suspects, which is great, but getting this different perspective felt fresh. It does tend to hop from narrator to narrator with no sense, so you have to pay attention to whose perspective you’re seeing the scene from. I did love feeling like I was apart of a murder investigation.

The difference in social classes is so glaring and is a decent commentary on what money and power can and cannot wield. There was one privileged character in particular that I was hoping would’ve gotten what was coming to him, but how his story line played out just goes to show what happens when someone has connections in high places.

Once I reached the end, I was expecting a much bigger twist than what I got, which was very disappointing. I had guessed early on who as behind the murder mystery but held out hope that there would be a twist that came out of nowhere. Despite the predictability, I still devoured this novel, having to see how everything played out. It is a fairly character heavy novel, as most good mysteries are, and it did keep me second guessing and held my interest until the end.

*I have voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book which I received from the publisher through NetGalley. All views and opinions expressed are completely honest, and my own.… (mais)