The Mormon Murders

The New York Times bestseller: "A first-rate true crime thriller and detective story of the highest order" from the Pulitzer Prize–winning authors (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!" —The Washington Post

"A remarkable story." —The New York Times

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

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