River Clyde

Mired in grief after tragic recent events, state prosecutor Chastity Riley escapes to Scotland, lured to the birthplace of her great-great-grandfather by a mysterious letter suggesting she has inherited a house.

In Glasgow, she meets Tom, the ex-lover of Chastity’s great aunt, who holds the keys to her own family secrets – painful stories of unexpected cruelty and loss that she’s never dared to confront.

In Hamburg, Stepanovic and Calabretta investigate a major arson attack, while a group of property investors kicks off an explosion of violence that threatens everyone.

As events in these two countries collide, Chastity prepares to face the inevitable, battling the ghosts of her past and the lost souls that could be her future and, perhaps, finally finding redemption for them all.

Breathtakingly emotive, River Clyde is an electrifying, poignant and powerful story of damage and hope, and one woman’s fight for survival.

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Praise for the Chastity Riley series

‘[A] nerve-racking narrative … [with] a cunning climax that is shocking and deeply romantic’
The Times

‘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

‘Modern noir, with taut storytelling, a hard-bitten heroine, and underlying melancholy peppered with wry humour’
New Zealand Listener

‘The coolest character in crime fiction … darkly funny and written with a huge heart’
Big Issue

‘Fierce enough to stab the heart’
Spectator

‘A stylish, whip-smart thriller’
Herald Scotland

‘Combines slick storytelling with substance … like a straight shot of top-shelf liquor: smooth yet fiery, packing a punch with no extraneous ingredients watering things down’
Mystery Scene

‘With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation’
Maxim Jakubowski

‘A smart and witty book that shines a probing spotlight on society’
CultureFly

‘Fans of Brookmyre could do worse than checking out Simone Buchholz, a star of the German crime lit scene who has been deftly translated into English by Rachel Ward’
Goethe Institute

‘Lyrical and pithy’
Sunday Times