Acapulco – Superpris

Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley becomes involved in the horrifying, chilling search for a violent serial killer targeting dancers from a clubthe first book in an award-winning, wildly original, addictive series Such a revelation Laura Lippman Gruesome and assured, Buchholzs work remains as persuasive as ever Barry Forshaw, Financial TimesReading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackersa truly unique voice in crime fiction Graeme Macrae Burnet Unpredictable, shocking and funnySimone Buchholz is my favourite German crime writer Mark Sanderson,The Times **WINNER of the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger**A serial killer is on the loose in Hamburg, targeting dancers from The Acapulco, a club in the citys red-light district, taking their scalps as gruesome trophies and replacing them with plastic wigs.Chastity Riley is the state prosecutor responsible for crimes in the district, and shes working alongside the police as they investigate. Can she get inside the mind of the killer?Her strength is thinking like a criminal; her weaknesses are pubs, bars and destructive relationships, but as Chastity searches for love and a flamboyant killerbattling her demons and the dark, foggy Hamburg weathershe hits dead end after dead end.As panic sets in and the death toll rises, it becomes increasingly clear that it may already be too late. For everyone Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller Will Carver The coolest character in crime fictionDarkly funny and written with a huge heart Doug Johnstone, Big Issue Modern noir, with taut storytelling, a hard-bitten heroine, and underlying melancholy peppered with wry humour New Zealand ListenerDark, atmospheric, and complex, with often surprisingly emotionala classy piece of fiction from an author who never disappoints Jen Meds Book ReviewsPraise for the Chastity Riley series:’Combines nail-biting tension with off-beat humor … Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled’ Publishers Weekly’Buchholz doles out delicious black humor … interwoven in a manner that ramps up the intrigue and tension’ Foreword ReviewsLyrical and pithy’ Sunday Times’Fierce enough to stab the heart’ Spectator’A real blast of adrenaline’ Big Issue’Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space’ Financial Times’A stylish, whip-smart thriller’ Russel McLean