Gil Martins is portrayed as a man caught between his professional duty to investigate "acts of God" and his own internal spiritual collapse. 📉 Reception
A series of inexplicable deaths occur among prominent figures who have publicly angered conservative religious groups.
When a famous atheist author falls into a catatonic state just before death, Martins begins to suspect these "natural" deaths are actually coordinated murders. 🔍 Key Elements
Some Goodreads reviewers found the tone more "intimate" or philosophical than his fast-paced Bernie Gunther novels, which led to mixed reactions from long-time fans.
Martins is undergoing a personal crisis of faith; he has become an atheist, which leads his deeply religious wife to leave him.
Unlike Kerr’s usual 1930s/40s setting, this is a modern-day thriller .