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A Ritual For the Dying: A British Murder Mystery (DI Declan Walsh Crime Thrillers Book 6) (Detective Inspector Declan Walsh) by [Jack Gatland]

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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 #1 New York Times bestselling 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, Rachel McLean, Alex Smith, David Gatward and Ann Cleeves, among others.

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"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is better than anything on the telly. Very entertaining."

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B095J28ZC1
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hooded Man Media (August 15, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 15, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 5498 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B09BY283MM

Best Sellers Rank: #20,254 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #66 in Noir Crime
- #322 in Murder
- #347 in Serial Killer Thrillers

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Jack Gatland is the pen name of New York Times #1 Bestseller Tony Lee, who has been writing in all medias for thirty-five years, including comics, graphic novels, middle grade books, audio drama, TV and film for DC, Marvel, BBC, ITV, Random House, Penguin USA, Hachette and a ton of other publishers and broadcasters, on licenses such as Doctor Who, Spider Man, X-Men, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Doctors, Wallace and Gromit and Shrek.

As Jack, he’s writing a series of Crime Thrillers starring Detective Inspector Declan Walsh, recently seconded to the City of London Police department known as the Last Chance Saloon. So far he's released twelve novels in the series, starting with LETTER FROM THE DEAD, and has over twenty thousand five-star reviews already for them on Amazon.

In addition to this, the first book in his Damian Lucas series of adventure thrillers, THE LIONHEART CURSE was released in January 2022, and is perfect for fans of books like THE DA VINCI CODE, ANGELS AND DEMONS and THE TEMPLAR LEGACY, movies like NATIONAL TREASURE and games like UNCHARTED.

The first book in his 'Cop for Criminals' Ellie Reckless crime thriller series, PAINT THE DEAD was released in May 2022, and is perfect for crime readers looking for a female lead and a solid twist in the genre.

The first in his Spy Thriller series, SLEEPING SOLDIERS, featuring burned MI5 agent Tom Marlowe was released in August 2022 and is perfect for fans of JASON BOURNE and BURN NOTICE.

As Tony, he’s toured the country talking to reluctant readers with his ‘Change The Channel’ school tours.

He’s currently a member of the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain, the Society of Authors, The Worshipful Society of Stationers and the Crime Writer’s Association.

He can be found at www.jackgatland.com, www.tonylee.co.uk and www.hoodedmanmedia.com.

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DeJ

Quirky

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 20, 2021

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I'm no fan of stories about the occult. But I am a kinda fan of the Last Chance Saloon and it's oddball denizens.
As usual, the climax of the story culminates in an Agatha Christie style that spells out all the background so the readers can finally understand all the twists and turns and see all the bits that were left purposely vague.
There are some places that are good for a chuckle, but no spine tingling thrills. However, make sure to check out the Wikipedia box. All the historical references are real. That alone makes this book worth the effort.
All in all, A Ritual for the Dying is a pleasant day's reading and is good practice for Americans to brush up on their British.😁

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Deborah

Convoluted, lost interest

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2021

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Gatlan’s detective characters are engaging and his writing is deft, but his plots are becoming so convoluted and the host of secondary characters so huge that I am beginning to lose interest. I had to push through to finish this. Didn’t really care who did what by the conclusion. Judging by the teasers at the end, the convolution is just going to get worse and more improbable.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 7, 2021

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Enjoying this series,as they go .A different approach each time,and Declan just stumbling along.The other characters filling out and on with the next.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 9, 2022

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I usually enjoy this series but this time Garland has jumped the shark with a thin plot and thinner characters. I am not sure what he intended to do with this plot but whatever it was, he didn’t do it. It was reading scrambled eggs. There’s the usual cast of characters along with Declan - and then this bunch of cardboard cutouts we care nothing about and can barely keep sorted. I’ll give the series one more try but if this is the direction it’s going, I’ll be among the gone.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2022

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Too many characters to follow the plot unless you can read it on one sitting. Most people cannot and get confused

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2022

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Too many characters and each with too many names.
Very hard to keep them all sorted. Barely made it through to the end. Previous books in the series were much better but those also had a lot of characters to keep track of.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2022

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Love this series! While I happily gave this five stars, I will admit to having problems keeping the suspects straight, as at least two had multiple names. A lot going on, but still a very good read. Kudos to the author.

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Pagans, rituals, and ghosts. Oh, my!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 7, 2022

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And hidden occult libraries in forgotten caves under a park. Or maybe not. Believers are desperate, and nonbelievers are greedy just in case. Enjoy!

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Bristol1710

it was ok but not as good as it’s predecessors

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 12, 2022

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I have LOVED every book prior to this one.

The reason I’ve enjoyed this series is that I couldn’t wait to read the next chapter. I didn’t feel it this time, but persevered because of the underlying story.

This book felt like a heavily edited film-script - detail that linked scenes was either deleted or buried so deep in the narrative it was lost. It resulted in a very confusing read, requiring the reader’s “effort” rather than the usual sheer enjoyment. Disappointing.

I will however, continue to read the series based on previous experience.

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SPIKEY

Didn't like this one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 13, 2021

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This is the first time for ages that I couldn't be bothered to read the ending of a book. The others have been great, but this was far too convoluted, boring, and confusing with the multiple names. I found myself just not caring about the suspects. Following the plot was too tedious and unrewarding after a hard day at work.

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David, Orkney

Get a proper editor/proofreader!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 16, 2021

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Takes its place in the DI Declan Walsh series and is pretty well plotted. Mr Gatlan has done his stuff with the background research and the result is plausible....
But....
The text throughout is littered with random italicisations. Italic font is sprinkled over proper nouns, adjectives, and pretty much everything else that shouldn't have it. This is very, very irritating, and it makes me wonder if anyone actually read the text prior to publication. The only other explanation would be malevolent occult activity in the software. Or, a cat was allowed to play with the keyboard,

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complicated plot

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 19, 2022

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I really love Gatland’s Declan Walsh books & A Ritual for the dying further built on the main characters I the series. This one however had a very complicated plot with so many characters involved it was hard to keep up. Won’t stop me reading the next one though!

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Lexa L.

Wow!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 22, 2022

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Aleister Crowley, ley lines in London, Mossad, GCHQ, the Hand of Glory, ghost hunters, partner swapping, hypnotism and a missing nuclear reactor in the heart of London. Need I say it’s complicated? It’s not just me, either - Monroe isn’t heading the team any more, but even he says

‘Who is?’ Monroe shook his head. ‘And can we get some kind of character list for this?’

Which I felt summed it up nicely! But being complex doesn’t stop me enjoying them immensely!Onward.

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