A Killing in Zion

The murder of a polygamous paterfamilias forces a Salt Lake City cop to confront his Mormon past in this historical mystery.

After a high-profile case thrusts deputy Art Oveson into the spotlight, Salt Lake City's mayor taps him to head the city's Anti-Polygamy Squad. As a Mormon ashamed that his own ancestors played a part in the church's polygamist past, Art's eager to do his part to remove the extremists still practicing plural marriage. But after one of the polygamist patriarchs is murdered and a shell-shocked young woman found at the scene of the crime, Art finds himself drawn further into this society of extremists than he ever expected.

Historian and Hillerman award-winner Andrew Hunt returns to 1930s Salt Lake City in a mystery that shows a city and religion struggling to grow and shake off a notorious history.

“Hunt's excellent second mystery featuring Art Oveson lives up to the promise of his Hillerman Prize-winning debut, City of Saints . . . Readers will cheer a hero who is not only a fine policeman but also a family man with a strong moral compass.” ―Publishers Weekly, starred review