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'. '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
'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
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