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The Other Half
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde, Michael Muyunda
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Summary
The night before
Rupert's 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's - catered with cocaine and Veuve Clicquot.
The morning after
His girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath. All the party-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 Caius Beauchamp 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, a wall of staggering wealth threatens to shut down his investigation before it's begun.
Can he see through the tangled set of relationships in which the other half live, 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 stunning debut from your next favourite crime writer.
Critic reviews
"An incredible crime debut." (Erin Kelly)
"Scintillating." (Harriet Tyce)
"As sharp, witty and energetic as it is bitingly satirical." (Janice Hallett)
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- Bobbins
- 24-02-24
Decent story, shame about the male narrator
The male narrator was really quite bad. His phrasing and stress was all over the place, and he spoke far too quickly for someone who doesn’t enunciate well. His “posh” accents were cringey and were sometimes applied to the wrong character. And if you’re going to narrate a book with Classical references, please look up the pronunciation first.
The female narrator was fine, if not very convincing with male voices.
The story was ok, I just wish I’d read it rather than listened to it.
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- Bastet Pybus
- 21-01-23
Really promising stuff
This is ambitious, intelligent, funny, angry writing and I look forward to the next in the series. Not 5 star yet but definitely on its way. I agree with the other reviewer who commented on the male reader letting the side down a bit - he didn’t differentiate between the voices sufficiently.
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- Codfish
- 18-09-23
A so so story ruined by the male narrator
Does nobody listen to an audio to make sure it sounds good? The male narrator was mumbling his lines to the point, I nearly gave up on it. Quite astonishing there is no quality control.
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- Dorset Bob
- 15-11-23
Good thriller ruined by weird vocal delivery
Ive listened to over 150 audible books and for the first time I had to increase the speed as it was driving me nuts. I think they have used some gizmo to take the readers breaths out and what happens is. there ..... is..... this ..... weird ........ pause..... between .... every. ..... sentence. Its like having a book read to you by the speaking clock.
Im not having a bash at the actors, I am sure they are great, but its either directed or edited in some odd way.
Stories good! its a bit preachy (rich white people are bad apparently).
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- K. Melton
- 18-09-23
Mediocre
The story was ok, even good at times but the characters were stereotypical and uninspiring. The two narrator’s spoke at such a different level and pace I had to change the speed and volume each time they swapped, not a great hardship just inconvenient if washing up or on my bike etc. spoiler alert, the ending is just a bit naf and far fetched. Overall sadly underwhelming.
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- Crimpolene
- 03-06-23
Struggled with this
Couldn’t get into this at all but did finish it.
Unlikeable cast of characters & the plot was not that interesting.
However, the male narrator was awful & like other have said, I really struggled to make out what he was saying.
Would not recommend this
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- Toni clarke
- 15-11-23
Story hard to follow due to mumbling narration
The story was interesting up to a point, but I couldn’t even finish it due to not being able to hear the narration properly
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- san2har
- 18-01-23
Good story
This was a really good story with well-drawn characters. However the male narrator was terrible. Spoke too quickly and indistinctly
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- J. Regan
- 28-01-23
Marred by foggy narration
Some parts of the narration were so incomprehensible I had to rewind serveral times to understand what had been said - very frustrating ( not an accent issue , a speed and diction issue)
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- Fran
- 13-03-24
Shame about the narrator
The male narrator is almost impossible to hear properly, which is a shame as that's half the story! I had to give up as I always listen when I'm out and about and couldn't be bothered to keep rewinding to try and hear what he was saying.
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