Other People's Clothes: the utterly addictive, thrilling summer read

Name: Other People's Clothes: the utterly addictive, thrilling summer read
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Calla Henkel

Jul 2021 · Hachette UK

3 reviews

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'It will blow your mind until the very last page' STYLIST

'I couldn't stop turning the pages' MEGAN ABBOTT

'Sparkling . . . a very good plot-driven thriller' GUARDIAN

Berlin, 2009. Two young art students arrive from New York, desperately hoping to reinvent themselves.

Renting an apartment from an eccentric crime writer, Zoe and Hailey spend their nights twisting through Berlin's club scene and their days hungover. Then inexplicable things start happening in the apartment. Are they being spied on?

Suspecting their landlady of using their lives for her next novel, they decide to beat her at her own game, hosting wild parties that quickly gain notoriety. But as events spiral out of control, they begin to wonder whose story they are living - and how it will end.

Intoxicating, compulsive and blackly funny, Other People's Clothes is the thrilling novel from Berlin-based American artist Calla Henkel.

'Great holiday read and I couldn't put it down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW

'I did not want this to finish!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW

'It will blow your mind until the very last page' STYLIST 'I couldn't stop turning the pages' MEGAN ABBOTT 'Sparkling . . . a very good plot-driven thriller' GUARDIAN Berlin, 2009. Two young art students arrive from New York, desperately hoping to reinvent themselves. Renting an apartment from a...

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3 reviews

annieK

September 12, 2026

I am surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. A slow burn at first, as the story unfolds it draws you into its depths and also gives you a peek at the 'Berlin scene' which you may not otherwise experience. Definitely worth the read.

About the author

Calla Henkel is an American writer, playwright, director and artist living between Berlin and Los Angeles. Her debut novel, Other People's Clothes, was a New York Times Book Review 'Editors' Choice'. She has staged plays at Volksbühne Berlin and the Whitney Museum of Art, and her artistic work with Max Pitegoff has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. She currently operates a theatre in Los Angeles, called New Theater Hollywood. Scrap is her second novel.

Calla Henkel is an American writer, playwright, director and artist living between Berlin and Los Angeles. Her debut novel, Other People's Clothes, was a New York Times Book Review 'Editors' Choice'. She has staged plays at Volksbühne Berlin and the Whitney Museum of Art, and her artistic work wi...

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