{"product_id":"ritual-paperback","title":"Ritual - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMo Hayder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA murder leads detective Jack Caffery into England's drug underground in this \"brilliant, dense, scary\" crime thriller in the Edgar Award-winning series (\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, Toronto).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine feet under water, police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a human hand. The fact that there's no body attached is disturbing enough-until the discovery of the matching appendage a day later. Both hands have been freshly amputated, and there are indications that the victim was still alive when they were removed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly seconded to the Major Crime Investigation Unit in Bristol, DI Jack Caffery soon establishes that the hands belong to a young man who has recently disappeared. As Caffery and Marley search for the rest of the victim--and for his abductor--they journey into the darkest recesses of Bristol's underworld, where drug addiction is rife, street kids sell themselves for a hit, and a disturbing occult ritual may be making an unexpected appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hayder . . . moves to another level in this spellbinder. With characters so complex, so fascinating that they could populate a dozen novels . . . Definitely one of the best crime novels of [the year].\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRitual\u003c\/i\u003e moves from the eerie and dangerous to the downright ferocious as steadily as an oncoming train . . . You're going to love the ride.\"--Jack Ketchum, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Superb . . . Hayder vividly evokes torture and drug abuse, but the violence is never gratuitous. Readers looking for visceral thrills need look no further than this gritty English series.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hayder . . . outdoes herself, flip-flopping the supernatural and the explainable like a cycle of poison and antidote that will remain with the reader long after the final page.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMo Hayder\u003c\/b\u003e has worked as a filmmaker, Tokyo nightclub hostess, and English language teacher. She teaches at Bath Spa University, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eBirdman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil of Nanking\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePig Island\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50321111908589,"sku":"9780802120922","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/Agmy4HvMVR9780802120922.webp?v=1784787903","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/ritual-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}