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
