River Clyde

I found this in a bookshop and bought it because of the title. It is the first novel by Simone Buchholz I have read and I loved it, even though I realised pretty soon, it would have been better to have read at least the preceding one to understand the background better. Still, it is a captivating sto......more

There's something about a river that just lends itself to introducing a place, don't you think? Or as a character, a situation, a mood? 'the river lies there like over a hundred miles of dead man' writes Buchholtz. Here comes Chastity Riley, sideswiped by grief, loss ('I think about my dead friend,......more

Wow! 1. man muss auf jeden Fall das Vorgängerbuch gelesen haben. 2. der Stil, die Bilder, die Dialoge, die Stimmung und die Abgründe sind etwas ganz Besonderes. Kein Satz zu viel, absolut tiefgründig. Nachdenklich und oberflächlich / flapsig zugleich - das ist echter Blues in Buchform!......more

Where do you start with this book? It’s so much of everything and not JUST anything! There’s the crime/thriller element, obviously. But there’s also the character dealing with her past, herself, and relationships. Almost anything you can mention is in this book. In the cleverest, most unique ways po......more

I’m not going to lie this book wasn’t what I thought it was going to be so I was a bit lost and confused to start with so I reorientated myself and started again without any preconceptions and absolutely loved it. This book is really lyrical and the words ebb and flow beautifully just like the River......more