{"product_id":"killing-in-zion-hardcover","title":"Killing in Zion - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANDREW HUNT is a professor of history in Waterloo, Ontario. His areas of study include post-1945 U.S. History, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the American West. He has written reviews for \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe National Post, \u003c\/i\u003eand is the author of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etwo works of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Turning\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDavid Dellinger, \u003c\/i\u003e and is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe 1980s\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel in the Art Oveson series, \u003ci\u003eCity of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of the Hillerman Prize in 2011. He grew up in Salt Lake City and currently lives in Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720402964543,"sku":"9781250064622","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/19f45eb1a13ca095aee23935ee784048.webp?v=1765089027","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/killing-in-zion-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}