{"product_id":"9781250064622","title":"A Killing in Zion : A Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Killing in Zion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Andrew Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the scorching, drought-plagued summer of 1934, as wildfires burn across Utah, Detective Lieutenant Art Oveson faces a unique assignment. Salt Lake City's mayor has tapped him to revive the Anti-Polygamy Squad, a unit formed years earlier for the purpose of driving out the city's \"plural marriage zealots.\" As a Mormon ashamed of his own ancestors' part in the church's polygamist past, Art is eager to do his part to flush out the extremists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen a local polygamist \"prophet\" is brutally murdered and a shell-shocked young girl is found at the scene of the crime. Is she the victim's daughter, a child bride, or the murderer herself? Art attempts to investigate the death, as well as discover her identity, despite a \"wall of silence\" put up by polygamists who would rather mete out their own rough justice. Soon, however, Art discovers that the sect has much more to hide than he thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorian and Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Saints \u003c\/i\u003eAndrew Hunt returns to 1930s Salt Lake City in this deeply researched mystery. \u003ci\u003eA Killing in Zion\u003c\/i\u003e portrays a city and a religion struggling to grow and shake off a notorious history that has not yet become a thing of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hunt's excellent second mystery featuring Art Oveson lives up to the promise of his Hillerman Prize-winning debut, \u003ci\u003eCity of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) ... Readers will cheer a hero who is not only a fine policeman but also a family man with a strong moral compass.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review) on A Killing in Zion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eHistory and mystery are well combined here.\" —\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Some authors excel at crafting compelling historical fiction, others at building, brick-by-brick, gripping mystery\/police procedural plots. Andrew Hunt is crackerjack at both.\" —\u003ci\u003eBookBrowse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This engrossing historical debut is set in 1930 Salt Lake City and based on a true case. . . . The procedural steadily builds up steam and explodes in all the right places.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review) on City of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mixing in a terrifically paced plot and a memorable policeman hero . . .\u003ci\u003eCity of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e is full of juicy twists that go deep into Mormon doctrine and travel as far as Hollywood.” —\u003ci\u003eNational Post (Canada) on City of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Terrific . . . Set in Salt Lake City in 1930 and based on the real-life murder of a wealthy socialite and aspiring Hollywood actress, the novel reveals a world of political pandering and murderous machinations that we usually associate with Chicago from this period.” —\u003ci\u003eJournal Sentinel (Milwaukee) on City of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hunt's first-person narrative in this gritty mystery is spot-on and conjures up a disturbing portrait of Salt Lake City's criminal underbelly in the midst of the Great Depression.” —\u003ci\u003eDeseret News on City of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hunt's triumphant mystery debut introduces Salt Lake County deputy Art Oveson, a loving family man and committed Mormon. . . . This hard-edged whodunit with echoes of James Ellroy warrants a sequel.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review) on City of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250064622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40595148505294,"sku":"9781250064622","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_b9367a40-5832-4a4d-a86d-b771eafa2076.jpg?v=1637824665","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250064622","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}