What if every sacrament meeting talk—whether about prayer, food storage, pioneer heritage, chastity, or even Mother’s Day—left listeners feeling more deeply rooted in the healing love of Jesus Christ? What if everything we studied and taught in the gospel tied directly back to HimIn Rooted, two thoughtful Latter-day Saint writers respond to a quiet but widespread longing among many Church members: the desire to experience the restored gospel not as a burden of endless expectations ...

''Cottage Sinister'' is the classic 1931 traditional village mystery that marks the very first book published under the famous collaborative pseudonym Q. Patrick. The story takes place in the seemingly quiet, picturesque English village of Crosby-Stourton. The peace is shattered when a wave of brutal poisonings decimates the working-class Lubbock family. Two sisters visiting from London—Amy and Isabel—drop dead within the same day after consuming a rare, highly specialized poison during te...

Nestled amongst the snow-capped peaks of Colorado's western slope lies a town with a rich history and spectacular scenery-as well as a dark undercurrent of the miraculous and the macabre. What first appears as a sun-dappled mountainous hideaway from the techno-modernity of our chaotic world is, in reality, a waypoint between the strange and the surreal, the spooky and the scintillating. For this community harbors a mind-dazzling, spine-tingling menagerie of historical spectres and future d...

For all its advances, our secular age has also weakened ties to religious belief and affiliation, and Latter-day Saints have not been immune. In recent years, many faithful Church members have encountered challenging aspects of Church history, belief, or practice. Feeling isolated, alienated, or misled, some struggle to stay. Some simply leave. Many search for a reliable and faithful place to work through their questions. The abundance of information online can leave them frustrated. P...

A dapper detective tracks a high-society killer in Manhattan—from the Edgar Award–winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth Mysteries as Patrick Quentin.Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: "Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make him one of...

This book is a spiritual journey by two believing scholars of peace. In a world plagued by violence, Mason and Pulsipher believe, with President Russell M. Nelson, that "peace is possible" and that the "descendants of Abraham...are in a pivotal position to emerge as peacemakers" ("Blessed Are the Peacemakers," Ensign, Nov. 2002). This book is an effort to lift up the Restoration's distinctive principles that invite us to renounce violence and proclaim Christ's good news of love an...

The Golden Age Mystery Collection: Classic Detective Stories (25 Books) is a rich and captivating anthology that brings together some of the finest works from the Golden Age of detective fiction — a period celebrated for its intricate puzzles, fair-play clues, and brilliantly crafted mysteries. This illustrated volume features twenty-five classic stories by many of the genre’s most distinguished authors. Among the highlights are Agatha Christie’s psychologically subtle The Wife of the Keni...

The Predestined by Q. Patrick is a tense and intellectually engaging mystery that blends psychological suspense with the cool logic of classic Golden Age detection. Known for crafting intricate plots and exploring the subtleties of motive and chance, Q. Patrick builds a story in which fate, coincidence, and human intention collide in unexpected ways. When a chain of events appears almost too perfectly arranged — as though guided by destiny itself — suspicion arises that something far more ...

Exit Before Midnight by Q. Patrick is a classic Golden Age mystery that blends theatrical intrigue, sharp wit, and a cleverly constructed puzzle into a suspenseful and entertaining detective tale. Written under the pen name shared by mystery writers Patrick Quentin and Richard Wilson Webb, the novel showcases their trademark combination of atmosphere, misdirection, and fair-play clues. The story unfolds in a tense, time-bound setting where a group of people find themselves drawn together u...

In popular culture and scholarship, a consistent trope about Mormonism is that it features a propensity for violence, born of the religion's theocratic impulses and the antinomian tendencies of special revelation. Mormonism and Violence critically assesses the relationship of Mormonism and violence through a close examination of Mormon history and scripture, focusing on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Element pays special attention to violence in the Book of Mormon and...

It's homicide on the high seas in this " A 1 mystery" by the Edgar Award–winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth Mysteries as Patrick Quentin ( Kirkus Reviews).Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: "Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable pol...

The Edgar Award–winning author of the Peter Duluth Mysteries (as Patrick Quentin) "keeps the reader guessing" in a mystery set at a British boys' school ( The New York Times).Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: "Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish ...