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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
A gentile in a world of Saints, Salt Lake City private eye Moroni Traveler doesn't follow the Mormon religion into which he was born, yet it determines the course of his every case. In this, his sixth appearance (after The Spoken Word ), Moroni is hired by an old-timer who wants to pay a debt before he dies to a man who may himself have died long ago. Utah housed camps for captured Germans during WW II; a number of prisoners working on local farms died or disappeared under mysterious circumstances. One such prisoner vanished with his wages outstanding, leaving Moroni's elderly client, a former accountant, troubled for nearly half a century. Powerful local Mormons, however, take a dim view of meddling with the dead, or even with those only likely to be so. To further complicate the search for the missing prisoner, Moroni and his father, who is also his partner, trail a missing child who may be the younger PI's son. Although his sketchy depiction of Mormon culture--and of a few secondary characters--may interfere with new readers' enjoyment, Irvine expertly unravels a skein of decades-old mysteries in a satisfying addition to his unusual, solid series.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
This time out, Salt Lake City detectives Martin Traveler and son Moroni (The Spoken Word, etc.) take on a somber mission for dying Major Lewis Stiles. He wants them to find Karl Falke, one of many German POWs who worked on Utah farms during WW II. Falke disappeared in the wake of some nasty incidents in which German prisoners died. Stiles, then paymaster, still holds the small check owed Falke for work done, and his Mormon conscience won't rest. The Moronis try to talk to anyone who might remember Falke--like Otto Klebe, now a prominent church member, once a POW himself, and Owen Broadbent, the farmer who employed Falke. When Broadbent's son Mahlon tries to run them down, the Moronis know they're on the way to easing the Major's path to the hereafter. Intriguing Mormon lore, but the author's flat, cryptic style does little to invigorate a dreary plot. The Moronis have been livelier and more interesting. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
A gentile in a world of Saints, Salt Lake City private eye Moroni Traveler doesn't follow the Mormon religion into which he was born, yet it determines the course of his every case. In this, his sixth appearance (after The Spoken Word ), Moroni is hired by an old-timer who wants to pay a debt before he dies to a man who may himself have died long ago. Utah housed camps for captured Germans during WW II; a number of prisoners working on local farms died or disappeared under mysterious circumstances. One such prisoner vanished with his wages outstanding, leaving Moroni's elderly client, a former accountant, troubled for nearly half a century. Powerful local Mormons, however, take a dim view of meddling with the dead, or even with those only likely to be so. To further complicate the search for the missing prisoner, Moroni and his father, who is also his partner, trail a missing child who may be the younger PI's son. Although his sketchy depiction of Mormon culture--and of a few secondary characters--may interfere with new readers' enjoyment, Irvine expertly unravels a skein of decades-old mysteries in a satisfying addition to his unusual, solid series.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
This time out, Salt Lake City detectives Martin Traveler and son Moroni (The Spoken Word, etc.) take on a somber mission for dying Major Lewis Stiles. He wants them to find Karl Falke, one of many German POWs who worked on Utah farms during WW II. Falke disappeared in the wake of some nasty incidents in which German prisoners died. Stiles, then paymaster, still holds the small check owed Falke for work done, and his Mormon conscience won't rest. The Moronis try to talk to anyone who might remember Falke--like Otto Klebe, now a prominent church member, once a POW himself, and Owen Broadbent, the farmer who employed Falke. When Broadbent's son Mahlon tries to run them down, the Moronis know they're on the way to easing the Major's path to the hereafter. Intriguing Mormon lore, but the author's flat, cryptic style does little to invigorate a dreary plot. The Moronis have been livelier and more interesting. -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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