Ritual

Ritual

by Mo Hayder (Author)

Synopsis

Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April, nine 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. Yet more disturbing is the discovery, a day later, of the matching hand. Both have been recently amputated, and the indications are that the victim was still alive when they were removed. DI Jack Caffery has been newly seconded to the Major Crime Investigation Unit in Bristol. He and Flea soon establish that the hands belong to a boy who has recently disappeared. Their search for him - and for his abductor - lead them into the darkest recesses of Bristol's underworld, where drug addiction is rife, where street-kids sell themselves for a hit, and where an ancient evil lurks; an evil that feeds off the blood - and flesh - of others.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 720
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 20 Nov 2008

ISBN 10: 0553817949
ISBN 13: 9780553817942
Book Overview: DI Jack Caffery is back on the beat in Mo Hayder's terrifying new bestseller.
Prizes: Shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2008.

Media Reviews
Mo Hayder is inimitable. She surpasses even Ruth Rendell in her ability to find horror in everyday things...Intensely enthralling. -- THE OBSERVER A vivid and thorough exploration of the clash between ancient superstition and modern science, with plenty of thrills and chills along the way. -- GUARDIAN A combination of irresistible prose and hateful subjects makes Hayder's books not-to-be-missed bestsellers. LITERARY REVIEW Expect plenty of blood, gore and black magic. -- DAILY MIRROR
Author Bio
After leaving school at fifteen, Mo Hayder worked as a barmaid, security guard, film-maker, hostess in a Tokyo club, educational administrator and teacher of English as a foreign language in Asia. She has an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University, where she now teaches. She is the author of Birdman, The Treatment, Tokyo, and Pig Island, all of which have been Sunday Times bestsellers.