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Simone Buchholz

2 Series • 8 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Chas Riley Books
Start with: Blue Night (2017)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Chastity Reloaded Books
Start with: The Acapulco (2023)

ⓘ About Simone Buchholz

In 2016, she was awarded the Crime Cologne Award and Second Place of the German Crime Fiction Prize for “Blue Night”, which was number 1 on the KrimiZEIT Best of Crime List for months. “Blue Night” is the first novel in the “Chastity Riley” series and was released in 2017. Chastity Riley (state prosecutor) has just been sidelined to keep her from causing any trouble, however her new job winds up being anything but dull when she finds herself involved in taking an Albanian mafia kingpin down. Chastity Riley’s career as the most hard-bitten state prosecutor has taken a nose dive, as she has just gotten transferred to the tedium of witness protection to keep her from making any further trouble.

All Book Series by Simone Buchholz

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Blue Night

Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2017

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2017
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Beton Rouge

Book 2 of 5 · published 2018

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2018
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Hotel Cartagena

Book 3 of 5 · published 2019

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2019
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Mexico Street

Book 4 of 5 · published 2020

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2020
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River Clyde

Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2022

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2022
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The Acapulco

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2023

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2023
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The Kitchen

Book 2 of 3 · published 2024

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2024
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Sharks

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2026

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2026

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Simone Buchholz?

In 2016, she was awarded the Crime Cologne Award and Second Place of the German Crime Fiction Prize for “Blue Night”, which was number 1 on the KrimiZEIT Best of Crime List for months. “Blue Night” is the first novel in the “Chastity Riley” series and was released in 2017. Chastity Riley (state prosecutor) has just been sidelined to keep her from causing any trouble, however her new job winds up being anything but dull when she finds herself involved in taking an Albanian mafia kingpin down. Chastity Riley’s career as the most hard-bitten state prosecutor has taken a nose dive, as she has just gotten…

Which Simone Buchholz series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Chas Riley series, the earliest of Simone Buchholz's multi-book series: it opens with Blue Night (2017) and runs to 5 books across 2017–2022, ending with River Clyde (2022). Simone Buchholz's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Simone Buchholz written?

Simone Buchholz has 8 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2017 and 2026. Every one of them sits in one of 2 named series — the largest being the Chas Riley series with 5 books.

In what order should Simone Buchholz's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Simone Buchholz's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Chas Riley (2017–2022, 5 books) and Chastity Reloaded (2023–2026, 3 books).

How are Simone Buchholz's books organised into series?

This guide splits Simone Buchholz's 8 books into 2 named series, with no standalone titles: Chas Riley (5 books, 2017–2022); Chastity Reloaded (3 books, 2023–2026).