Ragdoll: A Novel
Daniel Cole
Paperback
(Ecco, Dec. 5, 2017)
âA gruesome delight! Daniel Coleâs thriller Ragdoll, in which gritty detective William âWolfâ Fawkes comes upon a single corpse stitched together out of six bodies, had me flipping pages furiously. Itâs an impressive debut, dark, propulsive, and surprisingly funny.â âGregg Hurwitz, bestselling author of Orphan XWilliam Fawkes, a controversial detective known as The Wolf, has just been reinstated to his post after he was suspended for assaulting a vindicated suspect. Still under psychological evaluation, Fawkes returns to the force eager for a big case. When his former partner and friend, Detective Emily Baxter, calls him to a crime scene, heâs sure this is it: the body is made of the dismembered parts of six victims, sewn together like a puppetâa corpse that becomes known as âThe Ragdoll.âFawkes is tasked with identifying the six victims, but that gets dicey when his reporter ex-wife anonymously receives photographs from the crime scene, along with a list of six names, and the dates on which the Ragdoll Killer plans to murder them.The final name on the list is Fawkes.Baxter and her trainee partner, Alex Edmunds, hone in on figuring out what links the victims together before the killer strikes again. But for Fawkes, seeing his name on the list sparks a dark memory, and he fears that the catalyst for these killings has more to do with himâand his pastâthan anyone realizes.With a breakneck pace, a twisty plot, and a wicked sense of humor, Ragdoll announces the arrival of the hottest new brand in crime fiction.