false 1079550 1 When it comes to crime novels designed to chill the blood in their unblinking treatment of the darkest recesses of human behaviour, Mo Hayder is unquestionably in the forefront of British practitioners in the field. What is even more striking is the fact that more than any other female writer, she is moving comfortably in the bloody territory that has long been the traditional prerogative of male writers, and never for a second allows her writing to be any less disturbing than that of her male confrères.<p><i>Ritual</i> is par for a course where this writer is concerned: a tough, scarifying novel, delivered with maximum narrative rigour. A police diver discovers a severed human hand in Bristol's floating harbour. Shortly afterwards, another hand -- from the same victim -- is found buried underneath a restaurant. The severed hands are those of a young heroin addict who has recently gone missing from the Bristol drugs scene. A police diver, Flea Marley, finds herself joining forces with DI Jack Caffrey, recently seconded to the Major Crime Investigation unit. Jack is attempting to come to terms with the murder of his brother, but finds himself more than occupied with the details of the death of Mossy, the young heroin addict. It appears that the latter has become embroiled in a sinister black market trade stemming from Africa, where the value of human life is held at less than nothing. Jack and Flea form an uneasy alliance, tackling together a world steeped in the most appalling torture and abuse of human life. Those who have read the powerful predecessors to this novel (such as <i>Birdman</i> and <i>The Treatment</i>) will know what to expect. Mo Hayder is always reliable in delivering riveting (if deeply uncomfortable) reads. --<I>Barry Forshaw</I> 1066279 10 3 2008 Throwing the Bones total:7|5:1|4:2|3:3|1:1| 7 23 25 1 1079550 0593056418 9780593056417 7 1 3.29 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1079550.Throwing_the_Bones 5 0 false Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 04:08:31 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 05:30:56 -0700 2008 Hailed as part one of the walking man series im looking forward to her next book.
If you like mystery ad thriller then Mo Hayder should be on your list!
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