{"product_id":"beton-rouge","title":"Beton Rouge","description":"\u003cb\u003eHamburg State Prosecutor 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…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou loved \u003ci\u003eDark\u003c\/i\u003e … now meet Chastity Riley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. 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Three days later, another manager appears in a similar way.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA smart, dark, probing thriller, full of all the hard-boiled poetry and acerbic wit of the very best noir, \u003ci\u003eBeton Rouge\u003c\/i\u003e is both a classic whodunit and a scintillating expose of society, by one of the most exciting names in crime fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e _______________\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Stripped back in style and deadpan in voice, this is a scintillating romp’ \u003cb\u003eDoug Johnstone, \u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation’ \u003cb\u003eMaxim Jakubowski, CrimeTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘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’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Books Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘The follow-up to \u003ci\u003eBlue Night\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart and witty book that shines a probing spotlight on society’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultureFly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘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’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoethe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003ci\u003eBeton Rouge\u003c\/i\u003e 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’ \u003cb\u003eLoveReading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Great sparkling energy, humour and stylistic verve’ \u003cb\u003eRosie Goldsmith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for the Chastity Riley series\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'Combines nail-biting tension with off-beat humor ... 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Lots of fun’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316129636734,"sku":"NW9781912374595","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781912374595.jpg?v=1778717640","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/beton-rouge","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}