{"product_id":"9781916788077","title":"The Kitchen : The wildly original, breathtakingly dark new Chastity Riley thriller : 2","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Buchholz, Simone \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 11 April 2024 by Orenda Books in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Chastity Reloaded Series' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 276 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 19 | 182g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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…   `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’ Mark Sanderson, The Times   `Such a revelation´ Laura Lippman   ‘Beautifully concise, with commendably sparse prose, dark humour and an appealing protagonist … uncompromising, provocative and righteously fierce’ Laura Wilson, Guardian   `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  **Book of the Month in The Times, Guardian and Literary Review**    When neatly packed male body parts wash up by the River Elbe, Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues begin a perplexing investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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…   ‘Beautifully written in cool, witty prose’ N.J. Cooper,Literary Review   `A distinctive voice, and a flawed but compelling protagonist. This is vintage Buchholz – style and sass and St Pauli´ Will Carver  Praise for the Chastity Riley series  ***WINNER of the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger******WINNER of the German Crime Book of the Year Award***   `Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose´ Observer   `Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers´ Graeme Macrae Burnet   `Gruesome and assured, 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124343820547,"sku":"9781916788077","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781916788077.jpg?v=1731329528","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781916788077","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}