Beton Rouge : Volume 2 by Rachel Ward

Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her new sidekick Ivo investigate the case of newspaper executives who have been caged and tortured outside their offices . on a trail that leads them to the hothouse world of boarding schools and some harrowing secrets. ?You loved?Dark?. now meet Chastity Riley ? `Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller'?Will Carver ? `With plenty of dry humour and a good old dash of despair, Simone Buchholz is an unconventional, refreshing new voice'?Crime Fiction Lover ? `Lyrical and pithy'?Sunday Times? ?***WINNER of the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger 2022******WINNER of the German Crime Book of the Year Award*** ? _______________ ? On a warm September morning, an unconscious man is found in a cage at the entrance to the offices of one of Germany's biggest magazines. He's soon identified as a manager of the company, and he's been tortured. Three days later, another manager appears in a similar way. ? Chastity Riley and her new colleague Ivo Stepanovic are tasked with uncovering the truth behind the attacks, an investigation that goes far beyond the revenge they first suspect . to the dubious past shared by both victims. Travelling to the south of Germany, they step into the hothouse world of boarding schools, where secrets are currency, and monsters are bred . monsters who will stop at nothing to protect themselves. ?A smart, dark, probing thriller, full of all the hard-boiled poetry and acerbic wit of the very best noir,?Beton Rouge?is both a classic whodunit and a scintillating expose of society, by one of the most exciting names in crime fiction. ? _______________ ? `Stripped back in style and deadpan in voice, this is a scintillating romp'?Doug Johnstone,?Big Issue ? `With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation'?Maxim Jakubowski,?CrimeTime ? `There is a fantastic pace to the story which keeps you hooked from the first sentence all the way to the end. Once again Simone Buchholz holds no punches, with a unique voice that delivers a stylish story'?New Books Magazine ? `The follow-up to?Blue Night?is a smart and witty book that shines a probing spotlight on society'?CultureFly ? `Fans of Brookmyre could do worse than checking out Simone Buchholz, a star of the German crime lit scene who has been deftly translated into English by Rachel Ward'?Goethe Institute ? `Beton Rouge?is a killer read, original, unusual and yet I felt that a part of it, in fact a part of Chastity, lodged itself deeply within my soul, it's quite simply fabulous'?LoveReading ? `Great sparkling energy, humour and stylistic verve'?Rosie Goldsmith ?Praise for the Chastity Riley series ? 'Combines nail-biting tension with off-beat humor ... Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled'?Publishers Weekly 'Buchholz doles out delicious black humor ... interwoven in a manner that ramps up the intrigue and tension' Foreword Reviews `Fans of Brookmyre could do worse than checking out Simone Buchholz, a star of the German crime lit scene who has been deftly translated into English by Rachel Ward'?Goethe Institute `By turns lyrical and pithy, this adventure set in the melting pot of contemporary Hamburg has a plot and a sensibility that both owe something to mind-altering substances. Lots of fun'?Sunday Times
Binding: Paperback / softback