Sharks : The fiercely original, slick and darkly funny new Chastity Riley thriller. Volume 3

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