cover image Ritual

Ritual

William Heffernan. Signet Book, $5.99 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-451-16397-4

A controversial New York police lieutenant investigates ancient Toltec ritual murders taking place in modern-day Manhattan. ``Heffernan's style is gripping and dramatic, while his hard-driving prose reveals a penchant for the grisly and macabre. The suspense is excruciating, and should keep readers in a state of frenzy to the last page,'' declared PW . (Feb.)