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Hotel Cartagena

Author(s): Simone Buchholz, Rachel Ward (translator)

Location(s): Hamburg, Cartagena

Genre(s): Crime, In Translation, Thriller

Era(s): Contemporary

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Twenty floors above the shimmering lights of the Hamburg docks, Public Prosecutor Chastity Riley is celebrating a birthday with friends in a hotel bar when twelve heavily armed men pull out guns, and take everyone hostage. Among the hostages is Konrad Hoogsmart, the hotel owner, who is being targeted by a man whose life – and family – have been destroyed by Hoogsmart’s actions.

With the police looking on from outside – their colleagues’ lives at stake – and Chastity on the inside, increasingly ill from an unexpected case of sepsis, the stage is set for a dramatic confrontation … and a devastating outcome for the team … all live streamed in a terrifying bid for revenge.

Crackling with energy and populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, Hotel Cartagena is a searing, stunning thriller that will leave you breathless.

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Author: Tina Hartas

Hotel Cartagena is the fourth book in Simone’s excellent Chastity Riley thriller series – but it can absolutely be read as a standalone (as, indeed, can any of the others – see our reviews of Blue...

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