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Murder at the altar : a historical novel / by Terry Phillips.
- Title
- Murder at the altar : a historical novel / by Terry Phillips.
- Author
- Phillips, Terry.
- Publication
- Bakersfield, Calif. : Hye Books, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3616.H55 M87 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 250 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- On Christmas Eve morning in 1933, the head of the Armenian Church in America, Archbishop Ghevont Tourian, is stabbed to death with a double-edged butcher knife as he begins Sunday services. His infamous murder in a little New York City church is witnessed by hundreds of parishioners -- among them, a newspaper reporter named Tom Peterson. The next day, this story is splashed on the front page of every major daily in Manhattan. And no wonder. Not since the assassination of Thomas à Becket has such a high religious leader been slain in a house of worship. This gruesome homicide shatters the Armenian community and confounds the cops. Was it a terrorist attack to silence a political adversary, a KGB plot to discredit anti-communists in America, or simply a tragic turn in an ancient, bitter dispute?
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Mystery fiction
- Historical fiction
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 1892918021 (pbk.) :
- 9781892918024 (pbk.) :
- LCCN
- ^^2007937067
- OCLC
- 220904797
- SCSB-12615444
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library