Prayer

Hardcover | 6 May 2014

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From New York Times-bestselling author Philip Kerr comes an amazing departure: an intense psychological thriller, sure to garner even more acclaim for this powerhouse author on the rise.

Gil Martins, an agent with the FBI's Domestic Terrorism Unit in Houston, confronts the violence generated by extremism within our nation's borders every day. He sees hatred and destruction wrought by every kind of ?ism" there is, and the zealots who kill in their names. Until now, he has always been a part of the solution?however imperfect?a part of justice. But when Gil discovers he played a key role in wrongly condemning an innocent man to death row, it shakes his faith?in the system, in himself, and in God?deeply. It even estranges him from his wife and son.
Desperate, Gil offers up a prayer. To know God is there, not through a sign or physical demonstration but through the strength to cope with his ever-growing, ever-creeping doubts.
His problems become more than personal as things heat up in Houston. A serial killer terrorizing the morally righteous turns out to have religious motivations, upping the case from homicide to domestic terrorism. A number of prominent secular icons die or are grievously injured abruptly and under suspicious circumstances, the latest of which is a New Atheist writer who's fallen into an inexplicable coma. Left and right, it seems Gil can't escape the power of God and murder.
As Gil investigates both cases, he realizes that there may be a connection?answering his prayers in a most terrifying way.

Industry Reviews

Praise for Philip Kerr PRAYER Kerr has an unteachable gift for suspense. "USA Today" Tantalizingly creepy. The Observer Here moral complexity is raised to a new high in a contemporary psychological thriller that is eerilyterrifying and disturbing "Library Journal," starred review A real page-turner that may just have everyone rethinking the monumental power that faith can provide or take away in the blink of an eye. "Suspense Magazine" Provocative... Evocative phrasing is another plus in this exceptional thriller. "Publishers Weekly" A compelling and unsettling change of pace for the popular Kerr. "Booklist" A fright-filled meditation on faith The book entertains and makes you think. "Dallas Morning News" "Prayer"brilliantly explores the world of God, guns and the nature of goodness without sacrificing suspense or story. "Minneapolis""Star Tribune" A rum beast that uses the cosy familiarity of the thriller form to buttress a fantastical supernatural plot...As fans of his Berlin-set Bernie Gunther novels will know, Kerr is a details man. His deep-level research brings Houston and its environs to dusty, sun-bleached life. Martins narration, too, is deftly handled "Prayer" demands to be read more than once. "The Guardian" When Kerr goes off-piste, as he does here, the freedom sends his imagination into some very peculiar places. Who else could make a crackling thriller out of the current debate between religion and atheism?...What if the Almighty exists, but is horrible? The story unfolds at a white-knuckle pace, with a sense of the unknown that is genuinely disturbing. "The Sunday Times""

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