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The Mormon Murders Paperback - 2005

by Steven Naifeh; Gregory White Smith

This "New York Times" bestseller is the definitive account of the Salt Lake City Bomb Murders, a case of forgery, fraud, and murder that shook the foundations of the Morman Church in the 1980s.


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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.

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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

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  • Title The Mormon Murders
  • Author Steven Naifeh; Gregory White Smith
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 576
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL
  • Date 2005-04-05
  • ISBN 9781250025890 / 1250025893
  • Weight 1.38 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5 x 1.3 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1980's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: Utah
    • Locality: Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Religious Orientation: Lds (Mormon) Interest
  • Dewey Decimal Code 289.3

About the author

STEVEN NAIFEH and GREGORY WHITE SMITH are both graduates of the Harvard Law School. They are the authors of 18 books, including Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Jackson Pollock was the inspiration for the 2000 film starring Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden. In 1981, Naifeh and Smith also founded Best Lawyers, the leading attorney referral guide in the U.S. They subsequently created Best Doctors and Best Dentists. They have been profiled in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, People, and on CBS 60 Minutes.

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