Philip Kerr is the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Bernie Gunther novels, two of which—Field Gray and The Lady from Zagreb—were finalists for the Edgar® Award for Best Novel. Kerr has also won several Shamus Awards and the British Crime Writers’ Association Ellis Peters Award for Historical Crime Fiction. As P. B. Kerr, he is the author of the much-loved young adult fantasy series Children of the Lamp.
Praise for 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 eerily terrifying 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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