{"product_id":"9781917764087","title":"Sharks : The fiercely original, slick and darkly funny new Chastity Riley thriller. Volume 3 by Rachel Ward","description":"In Hamburg's troubled Wilhelmsburg district, Prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a brutal double murder amid corruption and gentrification. Battling personal demons and powerful foes, she fights to expose a city's dark secrets. Germany's Queen of Krimi returns with the caustically funny, breathtakingly dark next instalment in an addictive series.'For the first time in a long time, I found a book I simply couldn't put down - and I didn't want it to end. There really should be a word for the sadness you feel when you're nearing the end of a truly fantastic read. Sharks is that kind of book' Leye Adenle`Taut, compulsive and laced with humour as dark as its setting, Sharks raises the bar again for one of my favourite series. Chastity Riley is the perfect anti-hero for our times, and Simone Buchholz is the real deal' Rod Reynolds`Simone Buchholz can make you grin, gasp or gag at will'?The Times`Such a revelation'?Laura Lippman?**The Chastity Riley series WON the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger**____In Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg's so-called `problem area', an American couple is found brutally murdered in a derelict villa.   Prosecutor Chastity Riley is assigned the case, and quickly finds herself waist-deep in a murky tangle of city planners, shady investors and vanishing officials. The gentrification machine is rolling on, and someone is sending a very clear message.   As November fog settles over the city, Chastity is coughing up blood, her personal life is a slow-motion disaster, and her former colleague, Faller, won't stop interfering. But nothing's going to stop her from cutting through the lies - not even the sharks circling ever closer.   Dark, caustic and piercing,?Sharks?is a searing investigation into greed, power, and the price of resistance in a city devouring itself, from one of Germany's finest, most original crime writers.   _______Praise for the Chastity Riley series:`A dark treat . memorable modern noir, and a fascinating portrait of seedy life in Hamburg'?Telegraph`Beautifully concise, with commendably sparse prose, dark humour and an appealing protagonist . uncompromising, provocative and righteously fierce'?Guardian`Beautifully written in cool, witty prose'?N.J. Cooper,?Literary Review?`German-American Chastity Riley [is] snooty, churlish, sarcastic, sometimes drunk and always inappropriate. The whole series breaks the boundaries of typical crime novels'?Romy Hausmann?`A distinctive voice, and a flawed but compelling protagonist . style and sass and St Pauli'?Will Carver??`Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose'?Observer?`Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers'?Graeme Macrae Burnet?`Buchholz's work remains as persuasive as ever'?Financial Times?`Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space . a palpable hit'?Independent?`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 . a unique voice that delivers a stylish story'?NB Magazine?`A smart and witty book that shines a probing spotlight on society'?CultureFly?`A must-read, stylish and highly original take on the detective novel'?Judith O'Reilly?`A real blast of adrenaline'?Big Issue?`Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled'?Publishers Weekly?`Buchholz doles out delicious black humour [and] ramps up the intrigue and tension'?Foreword Reviews?`Fierce enough to stab the heart'?Spectator?`A modern classic'?CrimeTime?`A stylish, whip-smart thriller'?Herald Scotland\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369391468917,"sku":"9781917764087","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781917764087.jpg?v=1773827383","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781917764087","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}