Deadly Ritual
A scared child.
A ritual murder.
A detective who won’t give up.
When a murder victim is found with an unusual wooden disc beneath their tongue, speculation is rife. Though clues suggest ritual murder and supernatural goings on, DS Jack Mackinnon knows the perpetrator is very real.
He believes the solution to the case lies in the victims’ personal lives, but while investigating, the team hit obstacles at every turn.
What is the significance of the wooden disc, and who is the mysterious Mr. X?
Mackinnon is sure if he can just answer those two questions, he will solve the case and bring the killer to justice. But can he do so before any further blood is shed?
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D. S. Butler
D. S. Butler doesn’t just write crime fiction—she deconstructs it with the precision of a scientist and the curiosity of someone who knows that the most dangerous secrets often hide in plain sight.
Before her novels ever found a home on bestseller lists, Butler (whose real name is Danica Britton) was elbow-deep in lab research. With a PhD in biochemistry and a career that once wove through hospital pathology labs and the University of Oxford, she was trained to ask questions, examine evidence, and look closer. Those same instincts now pulse through her thrillers—only the microscopes have been traded for murder scenes, and the puzzles involve motives instead of molecules.
DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series
DS Jack Mackinnon Crime Series consists of eight books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
