{"product_id":"9781612195803","title":"The Apostle Killer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wildly inventive, darkly suspenseful novel that pits Christ’s “Passion as police procedural” (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set in a hazy Middle East that seems at once ancient and modern, \u003ci\u003eThe Apostle Killer\u003c\/i\u003e features Gallio, an aging, hardboiled investigator who has one last chance to save his career: He’s got to prove Christ’s resurrection was a hoax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To uncover the conspiracy behind the so-called resurrection, Gallio figures all he needs is for one\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof the apostles to crack. The only problem is that one by one, the apostles keep dying—and in ever more grotesque ways—just before Gallio gets to them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Racing to save both his case and the witnesses he needs to solve it, Gallio begins to suspect he’s become the unwitting pawn in the plot to kill the apostles . . . but who’s behind it? And to what end? As Gallio realizes even his own superiors are not to be trusted, \u003ci\u003eThe Apostle Killer \u003c\/i\u003etransforms from a dazzling literary experiment into a moving, haunting work of art.","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113304899824,"sku":"9781612195803","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612195803_p0.jpg?v=1763841262","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612195803","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}