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Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her friends are held hostage in a hotel bar by twelve armed men set on revenge, in a searing, breathtakingly original, and unexpectedly moving new thriller from the `Queen of Krimi' ?***WINNER of the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger 2022******WINNER of the German Crime Book of the Year Award*** ? `Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space . a palpable hit'?Independent ? `Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers . a truly unique voice in crime fiction'?Graeme Macrae Burnet ? `[A] nerve-racking narrative . [with] a cunning climax that is shocking and deeply romantic'?The Times ? ____________________ ? Twenty floors above the shimmering lights of the Hamburg docks, Public Prosecutor Chastity Riley is celebrating a birthday with friends in a hotel bar when twelve heavily armed men pull out guns, and take everyone hostage. Among the hostages is Konrad Hoogsmart, the hotel owner, who is being targeted by a young man whose life and family have been destroyed by Hoogsmart's actions. ? With the police looking on from outside their colleagues' lives at stake and Chastity on the inside, increasingly ill from an unexpected case of sepsis, the stage is set for a dramatic confrontation and a devastating outcome for the team all live streamed in a terrifying bid for revenge. ? Crackling with energy and populated by a cast of unforgettable characters,?Hotel Cartagena?is a searing, relevant thriller that will leave you breathless. ? _____________________ ?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 `Modern noir, with taut storytelling, a hard-bitten heroine, and underlying melancholy peppered with wry humour . there's a fizz, a poetry and a sense of coolness'?New Zealand Listener ? `The coolest character in crime fiction . Darkly funny and written with a huge heart'?Big Issue ? `Fierce enough to stab the heart'?Spectator ? `A stylish, whip-smart thriller'?Herald Scotland ? `Combines slick storytelling with substance . like a straight shot of top-shelf liquor: smooth yet fiery, packing a punch with no extraneous ingredients watering things down'?Mystery Scene ? `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 ? `With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation'?Maxim Jakubowski ? `There is a fantastic pace to the story which keeps you hooked from the first sentence all the way to the end a unique voice that delivers a stylish story'?NB Magazine ? `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 ? `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 ? `Great sparkling energy, humour and stylistic verve and the story itself is gripping and pacey'?Rosie Goldsmith ? `A must-read, stylish and highly original take on the detective novel, written with great skill and popping with great characters'?Judith O'Reilly ? `Constantly surprising an original, firecracker of a read'?LoveReading
Binding: Paperback / softback
Binding: Paperback / softback