The Vanity Game - a black comedy

[HJ Hampson]

Hi everyone, a shameless plug for my debut novel, The Vanity Game:

Ripping the lid off the world of celebrity culture, The Vanity Game is a satirical black comedy that's as disturbing as it is hilarious.

Sexier than David Beckham and nastier than Joey Barton, life couldn't be much better for professional soccer ace and international megabrand, Beaumont Alexander. Living the life of luxury in his Essex mansion, The Love Palace, with his beautiful pop-star girlfriend and queen of the WAGS, Krystal McQueen, he’s every bit as vain as you might expect from a man who has the world at his fingertips as well as his feet.

But a celebrity party kick-starts a chain of events that turns his dream lifestyle into a waking nightmare. It begins with too many drugs and an attractive waitress and leads to an argument with Krystal that doesn't end well. Then a shady cartel steps in and changes his life forever.

Beaumont Alexander is about to discover that substitution is a fate worse than death.

The Vanity Game has already received a number of postive reviews, plus endorsements for the very cool Megan Abbott and the queen of crime, Val McDermid:
"Take a pinch of TOWIE, add a measure of vapid sleb culture, throw in a few dark temptations, lob the lot OTT, and you've got a recipe for a premier league winner."
– Val McDermid, bestselling author of The Retribution
"The Vanity Game eviscerates celebrity culture with the incisiveness of an expert surgeon – but with a giddy, over-the-top pleasure that's exhilarating."
– Megan Abbott, bestselling author of The End Of Everything and Dare Me

"The trenchant first-person narration... comes into its own as an engine for driving the story at a page-turning pace that's hard to resist.'
– The Herald

"a debut novel of rare originality and dark wit"
– Crime Fiction Lover

"you’ve got a hugely compelling main character at the center of a fast-paced book that’s part downward spiral noir, celebrity satire, and paranoia thriller"
– Spinetingler Magazine

"a cracking good read that will surprise you with all the twists and turns"
– A Knife And A Quill

It's on Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, Kobo and for ipads etc you can get the Epub file on my publisher, Blasted Heath's, site