Act of God

Jill Ciment’s books have been hailed as “stunning,” “powerful,” and “provocative.” Alice Sebold has called her works “beautifully written.” Now the author of Heroic Measures (“Smart and funny and completely surprising . . . I loved every page.” —Ann Patchett; “Brave, generous, nearly perfect.” — Los Angeles Times ) has given us a contemporary noir novel that starts out a comedy of errors and turns darker at every hairpin turn.   It’s the summer of 2015, Brooklyn. The city is sweltering from