Ritual
- Published
- 1 January 2008
- Pages
- 556
- ISBN-13
- 9781554681990
- Type
- novel
About this book
A seven-year gap separates The Treatment from Ritual, which appeared in 2008 at 556 pages, the longest book in the series. It moves Caffery from Bristol's murder squad into River Police work, while keeping the extreme body horror that defines Hayder's crime fiction.
Key facts about Ritual
Mo Hayder wrote Ritual, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2008. The book has 556 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781554681990 to find the main one.
Ritual is book 3 of 7 in the Jack Caffery series. The series has 7 published books. However, the series starts with Birdman (2000).
That series sits on our crime thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Bonehead is the latest published Mo Hayder book on file, from 9 May 2024.
About Mo Hayder
Mo Hayder, born Clare Damaris Bastin (1962-2021), was a British crime novelist known for pushing the genre toward genuinely disturbing extremes of violence and psychological horror. See every Mo Hayder book in order.
Its place in Jack Caffery
Ritual is book 3 in the Jack Caffery series. It follows The Treatment. It is followed by Skin. See the full Jack Caffery reading order.
Detective Inspector Jack Caffery works Bristol's Major Crimes Investigation Unit, but the series opener Birdman (1999/2000) makes clear from its first pages that Mo Hayder's crime fiction sits at the extreme end of the genre: forensically graphic, willing to follow serial killers, torturers, and traffickers into territory most British crime writers avoid, and unflinching about the psychological cost to the investigators who chase them. Caffery himself carries a private wound throughout the series -- his brother…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781554681990