{"product_id":"ritual-9780802120922","title":"Ritual","description":"\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\n","brand":"Mo Hayder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955857789046,"sku":"9780802120922","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_a4178343-0dd8-494c-8ab1-9e9f1699d5c0.jpg?v=1772918857","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/ritual-9780802120922","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}