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City of Saints: A Mystery

door Andrew Hunt

Reeksen: Art Oveson (1)

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To the outside observer, Salt Lake City seems to be the squeaky-clean "City of Saints"â??its nickname since Mormon pioneers first arrived. Its wide roads, huge Mormon temple topped by a horn-blowing angel, and orderly neighborhoods give it the appearance of the ideal American city. But looks can be deceiving. When beautiful socialite Helen Kent Pfalzgraf turns up dead, Salt Lake County Deputy Art Ovesonâ??a twenty-something husband, dad, and devout Mormon just getting his startâ??finds himself thrust into the role of detective. With his partner, a foul-mouthed, vice-ridden former strikebreaker, he begins to pursue Pfalzgraf's murdererâ??or murderers. Their search takes them into the dark underbelly of Salt Lake City, a place rife with blackmail, corruption, and murder. Throw in a cowardly sheriff seeking reelection, a prominent local physician with a host of skeletons in his closet, and swirling rumors of an affair between the murder victim and an elusive Hollywood star, and you've got City of Saints, a mystery based on a true yet largely forgotten murder that once captivated the nation but still remains unsolved eighty years… (meer)

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4.5 stars. ( )
  kbranfield | Feb 3, 2020 |
Since I have fallen in love with Salt Lake City after my son lived there for a year, I searched for novels that have anything to do with the city, and I found Hunt's books. I enjoyed this murder mystery that takes place in 1930s SLC. The detective involved is Art Oveson, and he will appear in other books also. He is Mormon, and there is some reference to how it affects his life, especially in contrast to his partner in his job, but it isn't an overwhelming part of the book. I am not Mormon, and I enjoyed this book for the mystery and the setting. I looked up pictures of the city at that time to get a better idea of what it all looked like. I especially liked the reference in it to a little mining settlement in the mountains outside of the city called Park City - quite a contrast to the ski haven of today. ( )
  hobbitprincess | May 19, 2019 |
Winner of the Tony Hillerman Prize
  DowntownLibrarian | Jan 25, 2013 |
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To the outside observer, Salt Lake City seems to be the squeaky-clean "City of Saints"â??its nickname since Mormon pioneers first arrived. Its wide roads, huge Mormon temple topped by a horn-blowing angel, and orderly neighborhoods give it the appearance of the ideal American city. But looks can be deceiving. When beautiful socialite Helen Kent Pfalzgraf turns up dead, Salt Lake County Deputy Art Ovesonâ??a twenty-something husband, dad, and devout Mormon just getting his startâ??finds himself thrust into the role of detective. With his partner, a foul-mouthed, vice-ridden former strikebreaker, he begins to pursue Pfalzgraf's murdererâ??or murderers. Their search takes them into the dark underbelly of Salt Lake City, a place rife with blackmail, corruption, and murder. Throw in a cowardly sheriff seeking reelection, a prominent local physician with a host of skeletons in his closet, and swirling rumors of an affair between the murder victim and an elusive Hollywood star, and you've got City of Saints, a mystery based on a true yet largely forgotten murder that once captivated the nation but still remains unsolved eighty years

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