"German state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arsons in 227 pages of quirky, sharp, full-on reading entertainment."
Just that little bit different (in fact strikingly different), Mexico Street challenges preconceptions and society issues, ensuring a full-on fabulous read. German public prosecutor Chastity is back, this time investigating a series of arson attacks that lead to the death of a man linked to criminal gangs.
One thing to note straightaway is that I really feel you do need to have read the others in the Chastity Riley series to fully enjoy this one, otherwise too much would be unexplained and you would have to sprint like heck to keep up. Start with Blue Night, followed by Beton Rouge, both equally readable and also translated with surety by Rachel Ward.
As usual Simone Buchholz snared my attention from the get-go. The words stormed my senses, falling like a sword and I found myself on full alert. Short, sharp, shocks of chapters hit, with the chapter headings almost creating their own story. Mexico Street, full of sparks and quirks, is 227 pages of wonderful.
Adding to the series beautifully, I just had to include it as one of my Liz picks of the month.
Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story…
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Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story… Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no suspect. Until, one night, on Mexico Street, a ghetto of high-rise blocks in the north of the city, a Fiat is torched.
Mexico Street features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Shorter Reads, Thriller and Suspense, Fiction in translation, Fiction, Recommendations, Fiction: special features
Paperback, Ebook. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. In Stock.
Mexico Street was written by Simone Buchholz and published by Orenda Books
Mexico Street has 226 pages
Yes it is part of Chastity Riley Series series
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. In Stock.
