{"product_id":"the-kitchen-volume-2-9781916788077","title":"The Kitchen: Volume 2","description":"\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. 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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. 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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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orenda Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916788077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simone Buchholz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44637585047733,"sku":"9781916788077","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a89b4672-633f-44f6-a859-5c4b139a44c2.jpg?v=1726582232","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-kitchen-volume-2-9781916788077","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}