{"product_id":"ritual-book-mo-hayder-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","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50134514762001,"sku":"CIN080212092XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50360990957841,"sku":"CIN080212092XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50763047207185,"sku":"CIN080212092XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51007276712209,"sku":"NIN9780802120922","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51435609293073,"sku":"GOR011703923","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/080212092X.jpg?v=1772274614","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/ritual-book-mo-hayder-9780802120922","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}