Search Results: UTAH from Murder By The Book

Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2003. 1st ed. A near fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof. A Lena Jones title. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

NY,NY: Kensington Pub Corp, 1994. 1st. Ed. top and bottom of page edges stained else near fine in dust jacket. In this DEBUT novel, the author takes us to the edge in a spellbinding suspense story that careens from Chicago's international banking offices to the inner-most circles of the Cali cartel- - -from the powdery slopes of Utah's Wasatch Mountains to the icy crags of the Grand Tetons. Author is from Vermont.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2015. 1st ed. ed. A fine, unread copy of the Advance Uncopyedited Edition, due out December 2015. 352 pages. Draper, Utah, a tight-knit Mormon community is thrown into upheaval when their ward’s second counselor -- one of the bishop’s right-hand men -- is found dead in an elaborately staged murder on church property. Carl Ashby was known as a devout Mormon, a pillar of the community, and a loving husband and father. Who would want him dead? Linda Wallheim, the wife of the ward’s bishop, can’t rest as long as the ward is suffering. She is particularly worried about Carl’s grieving family. But the entire case is turned upside down by the autopsy report, which reveals Carl Ashby was a biological female. In the Mormon church, where gender is considered part of a person’s soul, some people regard transgenderism as one of the worst possible transgressions of faith. Church officials seem to be more upset by Carl’s gender than by his murder, and more… Read More

N.Y.: St. Martins, 1994. 1st edition, October 1994, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED by Irvine at the title page. " Moroni Traveler, the Salt Lake City investigator heralded by the New York Times Book Review as "a true rebel hero in the classic private-eye tradition," finds himself working on a very personal case as he and his adoptive father, Martin, look for the three-year-old child who may or may not be Moroni's son. Tracking down a lead, the two men end up in a virtual ghost town in the Oquirrh Mountains. All but deserted, the old mining town of Bingham Canyon is about to be evacuated and razed by the powerful Kennecott Copper Company, which is eager to get at the mineral wealth buried beneath the community. A few families are hanging on, though, including one that may be sheltering the newest Traveler. The father-son duo's efforts are hampered by the slated demolition of their… Read More

NY: St Martins Press, 1994. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket, rubbed at extremeties, nicked at spine head and foot. Salt Lake City setting. "Detective Deb Ralston has promised her husband, Harry, that she'll happily forget work for three weeks and concentrate on relaxing, sightseeing, picknicking - they'll have a real family vacation (although taking a teenager, his girlfriend, a toddler, and a pit bull by van from Fort Worth, Texas, to Salt Lake City, Utah, can't be all that relaxing). The Ralstons settle into Georgina Grafton's bed-and-breakfast in Salt Lake City. But while sightseeing in Gilgal Sculpture Garden on the trip's second day, they find the body of Georgina's sister, Alexandra, who has been killed by a fist-sized rock aimed at the back of her head. Georgina tells them that Alexandra, a victim of multiple personality disorder, was a handful, but she was certainly not dangerous enough to murder. Or was she? While Deb may be out of her jurisdiction, she's not… Read More

N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1989. 1st A. Lightly soiled at edges. Near fine in very lightly rubbed dj. 4th title featuring rock climber Miss Melinda Pink in the majestic Utah canyon country.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York: St Martins Press, 1991. 1st edition, February 1991 with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. 2nd PI Jason Coulter title [Salt Lake City]. Publisher slip laid in. "Hired to find runaway teen Monica Gasteau, Salt Lake City-based PI Jason Coulard, seen previously in Carnivores , stakes out a well-populated park. There he finally spots Monica, jogging with another girl and two black youths. But shots ring out and the boys are killed. A former homicide cop, Coulard has allies and enemies on the force, and members of both factions turn up to investigate the murders. Although the general consensus is that the crime was racially motivated, Coulard finds deeper connections linking the shootings, the missing teen and a salacious satanic cult. Urging Coulard (and the plot) forward is a constant influx of information from, variously, his former homicide partner; an uncharacteristically forthcoming FBI agent; and… Read More