The Bone Ritual
a gripping thriller set in the teeming streets of contemporary Jakarta
$65.23
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
10 July 2017
Summary
Ruud Pujasumarta has seen some gang-perpetrated horror crimes in his time, but the slum murder of a middle-aged woman he is called to is both horrifying and baffling. Mari Agnes Liem has not only been choked to death while tied to her bed, but the murderer has amputated her left hand and left a mah jong tile in her throat. And he has taken the hand with him.
Ruud’s personal life is a disaster - the whole world seems to know that his wife has left him for another man, perhaps bec…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472123107 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472123107 |
| Author: | Julian Lees |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 26mm |
| Series: | The Bone Ritual |
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Julian Lees’ lush use of language conjures up the extravagant and the seedy sides of life in modern Jakarta and transports the reader to its steamy slums and palaces, ratcheting up the tension through myriad false trails, keeping the reader enthralled right up until the denouement - Crime Fiction Fix
Lees’ strikingly descriptive writing transports you directly to the streets of Jakarta… this will make you want to book a flight right now. - IndependentAbout The Author
Julian Lees
Julian Lees was born and raised in Hong Kong, attended boarding school in England and currently lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with his wife and children.
The great-grandson of a high-ranking Cossack general who served under the last Tsar of Russia, Julian is a writer who draws from his family’s rich history.His novels are set in a world where East meets West, a cross-cultural world which he captures bewitchingly and dramatically in his fiction.Returns
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