The Mormon Murders: A True Story of Greed, Forgery, Deceit, And Death - Softcover

Naifeh, Steven; Smith, Gregory White

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451401522 ISBN 13: 9780451401526

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

Examines a series of 1985 car-bomb murders that set off an investigation that uncovered a movement to sell documents purported to discredit the Mormon Church's founding revelations

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Review:

"Cast of characters worthy of the best whodunits."-"Houston Chronicle"

"Captivating...a fascinating account."-"Columbus Dispatch"

"Engrossing...a big, absorbing true-crime saga!"-"Booklist"

"Gripping...a first-class piece of reporting."-"Greenwich Times"

"The authors' combination of law and journalism provides an excellent foundation for understanding this twisting and legally complex story."-"Rocky Mountain News"

"Fascinating, sensational revelations...well-researched."-"Times Tribune"

"A most controversial and rewarding account."-"San Francisco Record"

"Intriguing...fascinating reading...takes a huge cast of characters and breathes life into them."
-"Ogden Standard-Examiner"

Cast of characters worthy of the best whodunits. "Houston Chronicle"

Captivating...a fascinating account. "Columbus Dispatch"

Engrossing...a big, absorbing true-crime saga! "Booklist"

Gripping...a first-class piece of reporting. "Greenwich Times"

The authors' combination of law and journalism provides an excellent foundation for understanding this twisting and legally complex story. "Rocky Mountain News"

Fascinating, sensational revelations...well-researched. "Times Tribune"

A most controversial and rewarding account. "San Francisco Record"

Intriguing...fascinating reading...takes a huge cast of characters and breathes life into them. "Ogden Standard-Examiner""

"Cast of characters worthy of the best whodunits." --Houston Chronicle

"Captivating...a fascinating account." --Columbus Dispatch

"Engrossing...a big, absorbing true-crime saga!" --Booklist

"Gripping...a first-class piece of reporting." --Greenwich Times

"The authors' combination of law and journalism provides an excellent foundation for understanding this twisting and legally complex story." --Rocky Mountain News

"Fascinating, sensational revelations...well-researched." --Times Tribune

"A most controversial and rewarding account." --San Francisco Record

"Intriguing...fascinating reading...takes a huge cast of characters and breathes life into them." --Ogden Standard-Examiner

From the Back Cover:

"A FIRST-RATE TRUE CRIME THRILLER AND DETECTIVE STORY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER...THE KIND OF BOOK YOU GRAB EAGERLY AND CAN'T PUT DOWN."
-Detroit Free Press

On October 15, 1985, two pipe bombs shook the calm of Salt Lake City, Utah, killing two people. The only link-both victims belonged to the Mormon Church. The next day, a third bomb was detonated in the parked car of church-going family man, Mark Hoffman. Incredibly, he survived. It wasn't until authorities questioned the strangely evasive Hoffman that another, more shocking link between the victims emerged...

It was the appearance of an alleged historic document that challenged the very bedrock of Mormon teaching, questioned the legitimacy of its founder, and threatened to disillusion millions of its faithful-unless the Mormon hierarchy buried the evidence.

Drawing on exclusive interviews, The Mormon Murders reconstructs a secret conspiracy of God, greed, and murder that would expose one of the most ingenious con men in the annals of crime-and shake the very foundation of a multibillion-dollar empire to its core.

"SENSATIONAL!
-Washington Post

"A REMARKABLE STORY."
-The New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0451401522
• ISBN 13: 9780451401526
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 515