First in a fabulous, fast-paced new crime series, with an acerbic, hard-boiled female protagonist, by one of Germany's bestselling and award-winning crime writers.
Hamburg prosecutor Chastity Riley's transfer to witness protection work rapidly becomes more eventful than expected, with her first charge speaking only in riddles that cryptically implicate the Hamburg mafia. With audiobook rights already sold and a television series in production, Buchholz's Chandleresque prose and plotting are a growing sensation.
