{"product_id":"hotel-cartagena","title":"Hotel Cartagena","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2022 CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-is sense of time and space … a palpable hit’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers … a truly unique voice in crime fiction’ \u003cb\u003eGraeme Macrae Burnet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘If Philip Marlowe and Bernie Gunther had a literary love child, it might just explain Chastity Riley – Simone Buchholz’s tough, acerbic, utterly engaging central character’ \u003cb\u003eWilliam Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Crackling with energy and populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, \u003ci\u003eHotel Cartagena\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing, relevant thriller that will leave you breathless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Chastity Riley series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller’ \u003cb\u003eWill Carver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘With plenty of dry humour and a good old dash of despair, Simone Buchholz is an unconventional, refreshing new voice’ \u003cb\u003eCrime Fiction Lover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Lyrical and pithy’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \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, Crime Time\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 … a unique voice that delivers a stylish story’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Books Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘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 ‘Stripped back in style and deadpan in voice … a scintillating romp around the German criminal underworld and back’ \u003cb\u003eDoug Johnstone, \u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''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’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Disgraced state prosecutor Chastity Riley chases round the dive bars of the port city pursuing and being pursued by a beguiling cast of cops, criminals and chums, delivering scalding one-liners as she goes’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Great sparkling energy, humour and stylistic verve … and the story itself is gripping and pacey’ \u003cb\u003eRosie Goldsmith, European Literature Network\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A must-read, stylish and highly original take on the detective novel, written with great skill and popping with great characters’ \u003cb\u003eJudith O’Reilly, author of \u003ci\u003eKilling State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Constantly surprising … an original, firecracker of a read'' \u003cb\u003eLoveReading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChastity Riley and her friends are held hostage in a hotel bar by twelve armed men set on revenge, in a searing, breathtakingly original new thriller from the ‘Queen of Krimi’.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-is sense of time and space … a palpable hit’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers … a truly unique voice in crime fiction’ \u003cb\u003eGraeme Macrae Burnet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘If Philip Marlowe and Bernie Gunther had a literary love child, it might just explain Chastity Riley – Simone Buchholz’s tough, acerbic, utterly engaging central character’ \u003cb\u003eWilliam Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Crackling with energy and populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, \u003ci\u003eHotel Cartagena\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing, relevant thriller that will leave you breathless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Chastity Riley series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller’ \u003cb\u003eWill Carver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘With plenty of dry humour and a good old dash of despair, Simone Buchholz is an unconventional, refreshing new voice’ \u003cb\u003eCrime Fiction Lover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Lyrical and pithy’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \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, Crime Time\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 … a unique voice that delivers a stylish story’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Books Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘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 ‘Stripped back in style and deadpan in voice … a scintillating romp around the German criminal underworld and back’ \u003cb\u003eDoug Johnstone, \u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''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. 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