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In 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...
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Third in the award-winning Chastity Reloaded series about State Prosecutor Chastity Riley.
A brutal double murder, a cover-up, and investigating team shenanigans ensue in this razor-sharp noir with a gentrification theme. Buchholz’s Riley is a singular, flawed detective, wearing her home city of Hamburg like a second skin as she exposes city-sanctioned corruption against all odds.
A must for fans of crime fiction with conscience and teeth.
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