{"product_id":"the-kitchen-volume-2-paperback","title":"The Kitchen: Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimone Buchholz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachel Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003eMark Sanderson, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Such a revelation  \u003cb\u003eLaura Lippman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Beautifully concise, with commendably sparse prose, dark humour and an appealing protagonist ... uncompromising, provocative and righteously fierce  \u003cb\u003eLaura Wilson, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\u003e Romy Hausmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Book of the Month in \u003ci\u003eThe Times, Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen neatly packed male body parts wash up by the River Elbe, Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues begin a perplexing investigation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs 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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut 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...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Beautifully written in cool, witty prose  \u003cb\u003eN.J. Cooper, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Chastity Riley series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e***WINNER of the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e***WINNER of the German Crime Book of the Year Award***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers  \u003cb\u003eGraeme Macrae Burnet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Gruesome and assured, Buchholz's work remains as persuasive as ever  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\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\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\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\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\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\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e A smart and witty book that shines a probing spotlight on society  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultureFly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e A must-read, stylish and highly original take on the detective novel  \u003cb\u003eJudith O'Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e A real blast of adrenaline  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\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\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e Fierce enough to stab the heart  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e A modern classic  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimeTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e A stylish, whip-smart thriller  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimone Buchholz\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Hanau in 1972. 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