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 _______________ 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, Crime Time '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 'Short chapters, snappy sentences, witty
dialogue and succinct writing have created a fast-paced, "just one
more chapter" read ... much more than a crime novel' Off-the-Shelf
Books 'A fantastic story in a unique voice' Mumbling about... 'A
stunning novel that ends up exploding in your face' The Last Word
Book Review 'The story and writing slowly seep into your soul'
Books Are My Cwtches 'An excellent slice of atmospheric crime' Blue
Book Balloon
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