{"product_id":"sharks-simone-buchholz","title":"Sharks (Simone Buchholz)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'As much a character study as the story of a crime ... like a flipbook, full of startling images and sudden movements, that will thrill cynics and romantics alike' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'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. \u003ci\u003eSharks\u003c\/i\u003e is that kind of book' \u003cb\u003eLeye Adenle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Taut, compulsive and laced with humour as dark as its setting, \u003ci\u003eSharks\u003c\/i\u003e 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' \u003cb\u003eRod Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Such a revelation' \u003cb\u003eLaura Lippman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Chastity Riley series WON the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e____\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg's so-called 'problem area', an American couple is found brutally murdered in a derelict house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProsecutor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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 is going to stop her from cutting through the lies, not even the sharks circling ever closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark, caustic and piercing, \u003ci\u003eSharks\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e____\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Chastity Riley series:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Richly entertaining, wickedly cutting, to the point and funny. The perfect example of a crime novel that is literally pacy and has something to say, because you know Buchholz cares about society and Hamburg, and it shows in her writing' \u003cb\u003ePaul Burke, CrimeTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A dark treat ... memorable modern noir, and a fascinating portrait of seedy life in Hamburg' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Simone Buchholz can make you grin, gasp or gag at will' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Beautifully concise, with commendably sparse prose, dark humour and an appealing protagonist ... uncompromising, provocative and righteously fierce' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Beautifully written in cool, witty prose' \u003cb\u003eN.J. Cooper, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A distinctive voice, and a flawed but compelling protagonist ... style and sass and St Pauli' \u003cb\u003eWill Carver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers' \u003cb\u003eGraeme Macrae Burnet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Buchholz's work remains as persuasive as ever' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space ... a palpable hit'\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'There is a fantastic pace to the story ... a unique voice that delivers a stylish story'\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNB Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A real blast of adrenaline' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSimone Buchholz was born in Hanau in 1972. At university, she studied Philosophy and Literature, worked as a waitress and a columnist, and trained to be a journalist at the prestigious Henri-Nannen-School in Hamburg. In 2016, Simone Buchholz was awarded the Crime Cologne Award as well as runner-up in the German Crime Fiction Prize for \u003ci\u003eBlue Night\u003c\/i\u003e, which was number one on the Krimi ZEIT Best of Crime List for months. The critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBeton Rouge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMexico Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHotel Cartagena \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRiver Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e all followed in the Chastity Riley series. \u003ci\u003eHotel Cartagena\u003c\/i\u003e won the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger in 2022. \u003ci\u003eThe Acapulco\u003c\/i\u003e (2023) marked the beginning of the Chastity Reloaded series, with \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen \u003c\/i\u003eout in 2024. She lives in Sankt Pauli, in the heart of Hamburg, with her husband and son.\n\u003cp\u003eRachel Ward is a freelance translator of literary and creative texts from German and French to English. Having always been an avid reader and enjoyed word games and puzzles, she discovered a flair for languages at school and went on to study modern languages at the University of East Anglia. She spent the third year working as a language assistant at two grammar schools in Saaebrücken, Germany. During her final year, she realised that she wanted to put these skills and passions to use professionally and applied for UEA's MA in Literary Translation, which she completed in 2002. Her published translations include \u003ci\u003eTraitor\u003c\/i\u003e by Gudrun Pausewang and \u003ci\u003eRed Rage\u003c\/i\u003e by Brigitte Blobel, and she is a Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollow Rachel on Twitter @FwdTranslations, on her blog www.adiscounttickettoeverywhere.wordpress.com and on her website www.forwardtranslations.co.uk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 276 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65815826235741,"sku":"K010046217","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1004621700001A.jpg?v=1788580828","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/sharks-simone-buchholz","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}