Ritual

Mo Hayder
2008

Pre-loved
Good condition
Light tanning

In Ritual, the third installment of the Jack Caffery series, Detective Inspector Jack Caffery is seconded to the Major Crime Investigation Unit in Bristol. The investigation begins when police diver Phoebe "Flea" Marley discovers a severed human hand in the harbor. A day later, the matching hand is found, both recently amputated while the victim was still alive. The hands are identified as belonging to a young man who has recently disappeared. As Caffery and Marley delve deeper into the case, they uncover a disturbing underworld of drug addiction, street crime, and occult rituals, leading them into the darkest recesses of Bristol's society. The novel explores themes of trauma, superstition, and the clash between modern science and ancient beliefs.