Goodreads asked Luke H. Davis:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Luke H. Davis Several factors blended together: I wanted to prove to myself I could write a murder mystery. I also liked the idea of this kind of story being done in a Christian setting while not being a “Christian” book. The Christian faith is my life tradition, but there is no doubt that some Christian environments are marked by deep flaws and—tragically—great evil. So my writing explores this brokenness, this flawed nature of faith. I use my lead detective character, Cameron Ballack, to pose these issues as a skeptic who can’t bring himself to embrace faith. And the human inspiration would be our son, Joshua, who is the prototype for Cameron Ballack. They share a common neuromusuclar disorder and common quirks. Both are wheelchair-bound yet very determined souls. I wanted a story that would show people like Joshua are primarily “handi-capable”, not handicapped.

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