Blood Rituals is a dark, twisty mystery suspense thriller in which resolute insurance investigator Van Hazard is hired to recover an ancient Mayan manuscript that's left a bloody trail from Mexico to Manhattan. The Xibalba Codex is stolen from a murdered curator before its unveiling in a New York museum. The chief suspects include a pair of bitter rivals with links to the priceless artifact: the mercurial tomb robber with a mysterious past who found it in a Yucatan jungle temple, and an eccentric scholar and descendant of Mayan shaman priests who believes he's the manuscript's rightful custodian. Hazard's unwavering pursuit of the Codex is hindered by a treacherous ring of antiquities traffickers, the beguiling lure of a haunted old flame, and the festering wrath of an overdue debt dead set on final reckoning. Blood Rituals is a stand-alone entry in the Van Hazard mystery series featuring the volatile investigator's exploits recovering lost and stolen art. Hazard is a man at war with personal demons and an increasingly unhinged world. Kyoko Dunne, his fearless partner in crime-solving, usually keeps him from going over the edge, but this time he'll have to survive a deadly curse to collect his fee.