# The Acapulco by Simone Buchholz (Paperback)

**Hamburg State Prosecutor Chastity Riley becomes involved in the horrifying, chilling search for a violent serial killer targeting dancers from a club ... the first book in an award-winning, wildly original, addictive series...**

' Such a revelation' **Laura Lippman**

' Gruesome and assured, Buchholz' s work remains as persuasive as ever' **Barry Forshaw, _Financial Times_**

' Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers ... a truly unique voice in crime fiction' **Graeme Macrae Burnet**

' Unpredictable, shocking and funny ... Simone Buchholz is my favourite German crime writer' **Mark Sanderson, _The Times_**

**\*\*WINNER of the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger\*\***

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A serial killer is on the loose in Hamburg, targeting dancers from The Acapulco, a club in the city' s red-light district, taking their scalps as gruesome trophies and replacing them with plastic wigs.

Chastity Riley is the state prosecutor responsible for crimes in the district, and she' s working alongside the police as they investigate. Can she get inside the mind of the killer?

Her strength is thinking like a criminal; her weaknesses are pubs, bars and destructive relationships, but as Chastity searches for love and a flamboyant killer - battling her demons and the dark, foggy Hamburg weather - she hits dead end after dead end.

As panic sets in and the death toll rises, it becomes increasingly clear that it may already be too late. For everyone...

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' Caustic, incisive prose. A street-smart, gutsy heroine. A timely and staggeringly stylish thriller' **Will Carver**

' The coolest character in crime fiction ... Darkly funny and written with a huge heart' **Doug Johnstone, _Big Issue_**

' Modern noir, with taut storytelling, a hard-bitten heroine, and underlying melancholy peppered with wry humour' **_New Zealand Listener_**

' Dark, atmospheric, and complex, with often surprisingly emotional ... a classy piece of fiction from an author who never disappoints' **Jen Med' s Book Reviews**

**Praise for the Chastity Riley series:**

'Combines nail-biting tension with off-beat humor ... Elmore Leonard fans will be enthralled' **_Publishers Weekly_**

'Buchholz doles out delicious black humor ... interwoven in a manner that ramps up the intrigue and tension' **_Foreword Reviews_**

' Lyrical and pithy' **_Sunday Times_**

'Fierce enough to stab the heart' **_Spectator_**

'A real blast of adrenaline' **_Big Issue_**

'Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space' **_Financial Times_**

'A stylish, whip-smart thriller' **Russel McLean**

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Orenda Books
- **Tags:** All Books, Fiction, Thrillers

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> Updated: 2026-09-15