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Chastity Riley and her friends are held hostage in a hotel bar by twelve armed men set on revenge, in a searing, breathtakingly original new thriller from the &‘Queen of Krimi' 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 young 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. &‘A stylish, whip-smart thriller' Russel McLean &‘Lyrical and pithy' Sunday Times &‘Fierce enough to stab the heart' Spectator &‘A real blast of adrenaline' Big Issue &‘Sharp and unrelenting' CultureFly &‘Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space' Financial Times &‘Deeply moody, atmospheric and evocative' Blue Book Balloon &‘An unconventional, refreshing new voice' Crime Fiction Lover