{"product_id":"9781916788077-kitchen","title":"The Kitchen","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe wildly original, breathtakingly dark new Chastity Riley thriller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues investigate the murders of men with a history of abuse towards women … as a startling, horrifying series of revelations emerge. Germany's Queen of Krimi returns with the darkly funny, mesmerizingly dark next instalment in an addictive series…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues investigate the murders of men with a history of abuse towards women … as a startling, horrifying series of revelations emerge. Germany's Queen of Krimi returns with the darkly funny, mesmerizingly dark next instalment in an addictive series…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e `Blends black comedy with real anger to produce a serious indictment of the male gaze. Simone Buchholz can make you grin, gasp or gag at will’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e `Such a revelation´ \u003cb\u003eLaura Lippman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘A dark treat … memorable modern noir, and a fascinating portrait of seedy life in Hamburg’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Beautifully concise, with commendably sparse prose, dark humour and an appealing protagonist … uncompromising, provocative and righteously fierce’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Book of the Month in \u003ci\u003eThe Times, Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ________\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When neatly packed male body parts wash up by the River Elbe, Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues begin a perplexing investigation.\u003cbr\u003e As the murdered men are identified, it becomes clear that they all had a history of abuse towards women, leading Riley to wonder if it would actually be in society's best interests to catch the killers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But when her best friend Carla is attacked, and the police show little interest in tracking down the offenders, Chastity takes matters into her own hands. As a link between the two cases emerges, horrifying revelations threaten Chastity's own moral compass, and put everything at risk…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ________\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003eBeautifully written in cool, witty prose’ \u003cb\u003eN.J. Cooper, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `German-American Chastity Riley [is] snooty, churlish, sarcastic, sometimes drunk and always inappropriate. The whole series breaks the boundaries of typical crime novels´ \u003cb\u003eRomy Hausmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `A distinctive voice, and a flawed but compelling protagonist. This is vintage Buchholz – style and sass and St Pauli´ \u003cb\u003eWill Carver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Chastity Riley series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***WINNER of the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***WINNER of the German Crime Book of the Year Award***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers´ \u003cb\u003eGraeme Macrae Burnet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `Gruesome and assured, Buchholz's work remains as persuasive as ever´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space … a palpable hit´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `There is a fantastic pace to the story … a unique voice that delivers a stylish story´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNB 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 `A must-read, stylish and highly original take on the detective novel´ \u003cb\u003eJudith O'Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `A real blast of adrenaline´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `Buchholz doles out delicious black humour [and] ramps up the intrigue and tension´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `Fierce enough to stab the heart´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `A modern classic´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimeTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e `A stylish, whip-smart thriller´ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41513770451041,"sku":"9781916788077","price":7.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31826638_892ce9b3-8356-4139-a5e5-bbec011d2652.jpg?v=1747918095","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781916788077-kitchen","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}