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A Ritual for the Dying

Detective Inspector Declan Walsh, Book 6

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Thrice cursed. Thrice bound. Thrice damned.

When the body of a famous television academic is discovered in Greenwich Park, carefully positioned beside a megalithic stone fountain and missing a hand, DI Declan Walsh and the team of the Last Chance Saloon find themselves not only involved in a case that connects to the supernatural, but one that also involves 17th-century architects, Ley Lines, nuclear reactors and a secret black market organisation that specialises in particular occult items, some that date all the way back to both Aleister Crowley and the Elizabethan Magician, Dr John Dee himself, and connected to a missing treasure.

But as the team hunt a killer, one that uses ritualistic locations and weapons to perform their murders, Declan will journey on a heretical treasure hunt through an underground pagan and spiritual subculture of witches, shamans, druids, magicians and heathens, a world of esoteric luncheons and virtual sabbats, and where curses are believed real and the dead indeed talk....

But is one of those dead voices that of his one-time love, Kendis Taylor? The sixth book in a series of procedural crime thrillers by number one New York Times best-selling writer Tony Lee writing as Jack Gatland, A Ritual For The Dying is perfect for fans of J.D Kirk, L.J Ross, Ian Rankin, Damian Boyd, Alex Smith, David Gatward and Ann Cleeves, among others.

©2022 Jack Gatland (P)2022 W F Howes
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Overly complicated and boring, such a shame as I've enjoyed all the other DI Walsh books in this series. Really struggled to listen to the end, and sadly it wasn't worth it.

Disappointed

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The thing I most love about this series is the in-depth explanations, the entire world that Jack Gatland builds around the characters, and this book is no exception, it's amazing, Somehow though, Declan always ends up in trouble, would not be much of a story though if everything went according to plan would it?

Upshot being; This is every bit as good as it's predecessors, if you like Declan Walsh my recommendation is to buy this now.

Absolutely brilliant

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This is the first of these books that I have listened to, based on my love of the narrator, if I'm honest. the storyline seemed very contrived and I'm not sure I would listen to others in the series.

Great narration

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I didn’t enjoy this book but thought it would get better. The characters and plots were very complex and confusing 🫤 Hard to keep track of who was who and what was happening and why ! Even the author had to keep having police catchups to try to explain what was going on. Too many convenient coincidences. I feel like these plots are getting too far away from police work.

Very complex

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Sadly, I found this sort boring, overly complex, and daft… certainly the weakest of the series so far.

Tedious

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