Skip to content

Sister Wife
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Sister Wife Hardcover - 2001

by John Gates


From the publisher

Brigham Bybee, introduced in John Gates's acclaimed Brigham's Day, has withdrawn from the routine practice of law and purchased Piute Villa, a motel in Kanab, Utah -- not because he particularly wants to own a motel, but to be near the beautiful Zolene Swapp. But when the state deputizes him as a hired gun to prosecute and imprison the most notorious polygamist in the area, T. Rampton Crowe, Brig accepts: it all seems easy enough.

Then Mercy confronts him. A runaway "plural wife" of Crowe's -- one of six wives -- she's beaten, bloody, and terrified and tells a story of murder and mutilation within the colony from which she's fled. Bybee decides to change his tactics: He's going after Crowe for murder. But this upsets the powers-that-be. They want one thing and one thing only -- a show trial on the polygamy charges to prove, as the Olympics prepare to come to Utah, that the state won't put up with immoral and backward behavior. This was to be a show trial, and that's all.

As Mercy begins to insinuate herself into his life, Brig starts losing Zolene and discovers how far -- reaching the hand of power can be.

Details

  • Title Sister Wife
  • Author John Gates
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Walker & Company, New York
  • Date 2001
  • ISBN 9780802733634 / 0802733638
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.57 x 5.82 x 1.01 in (21.77 x 14.78 x 2.57 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001017872
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Back to Top

More Copies for Sale

Sister Wife (Brigham Bybee Mysteries)
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Sister Wife (Brigham Bybee Mysteries)

by Gates, John

  • Used
Condition
UsedGood
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Hillsboro, Ohio, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$5.09
NZ$10.20 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
UsedGood. Ex-library usual stamps and markings Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. STOCK PHOTOS MAY VARY FROM THE ACTUAL ITEM. ACTUAL PHOTOS AVAIL. UPON REQUEST.
Item Price
NZ$5.09
NZ$10.20 shipping to USA
Sister Wife

Sister Wife

by John Gates

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 3 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$8.51
NZ$11.92 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
221 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's black boards with red lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition, review copy with material laid in. Brigham Bybee, introduced in John Gates's acclaimed Brigham's Day, has withdrawn from the routine practice of law and purchased Piute Villa, a motel in Kanab, Utah -- not because he particularly wants to own a motel, but to be near the beautiful Zolene Swapp. But when the state deputizes him as a hired gun to prosecute and imprison the most notorious polygamist in the area, T. Rampton Crowe, Brig accepts: it all seems easy enough. Then Mercy confronts him. A runaway "plural wife" of Crowe's -- one of six wives -- she's beaten, bloody, and terrified and tells a story of murder and mutilation within the colony from which she's fled. Bybee decides to change his tactics: He's going after Crowe for murder. But this upsets the powers-that-be. They want one thing and one thing only -- a show trial on the polygamy charges to… Read More
Item Price
NZ$8.51
NZ$11.92 shipping to USA
Sister Wife
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Sister Wife

by Gates, John

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
review copy
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Cooperstown, New York, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$13.62
NZ$12.77 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
New York, New York: Walker & Co. Very Good. 2001. review copy. Hardcover. 0802733638 . Very Good in a Mylar Cover .
Item Price
NZ$13.62
NZ$12.77 shipping to USA
Sister Wife (Brigham Bybee Mysteries)
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Sister Wife (Brigham Bybee Mysteries)

by John Gates

  • Used
  • good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$16.14
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Walker & Company, 2001-06. Hardcover. Good.
Item Price
NZ$16.14
FREE shipping to USA
Sister Wife

Sister Wife

by Gates, John

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Lake Elsinore, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$25.53NZ$17.87
Save NZ$7.66!
NZ$5.11 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
New York, New York: Walker & Co.. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802733638 . Debut novel, First ed. , fine, in NF+ Jacket. New Mylar. Black board, 221 pages, DJ, one corner worn on edges. This is one of the best debuts I have read in a long time... A persistently compelling story. (Boston Globe) from the back.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
Item Price
NZ$25.53NZ$17.87
Save NZ$7.66 !
NZ$5.11 shipping to USA
Sister Wife (Brigham Bybee Mysteries)
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Sister Wife (Brigham Bybee Mysteries)

by John Gates

  • New
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
New
Edition
1st Am. Ed.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Virden, Illinois, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$30.64
NZ$5.11 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Walker & Co, 2001 Brand new, never sold, first U.S. edition, first printing, full number line, no remainder marks of this crime novel. Ships in a box, fast service from a real bricks and mortar independent bookseller open since 1998.
Item Price
NZ$30.64
NZ$5.11 shipping to USA
Sister Wife
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Sister Wife

by Gates, John

  • New
  • Hardcover
Condition
New
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$32.19
NZ$5.96 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Walker & Co, 2001. hardcover. New. 5x0x8. Please note our copy has a plastic encasing the dust jacket
Item Price
NZ$32.19
NZ$5.96 shipping to USA
Sister Wife [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Sister Wife [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]

by Gates, John

  • Used
  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
San Francisco, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$44.17
NZ$6.79 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
New York, NY: Walker & Company, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. As new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 256 p. Brigham Bybee Mysteries. Audience: General/trade. A Brigham Bybee mystery by the the author of Brigham's Day. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Item Price
NZ$44.17
NZ$6.79 shipping to USA
Sister Wife (Brigham Bybee Mysteries)
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Sister Wife (Brigham Bybee Mysteries)

by John Gates

  • Used
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used:Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$52.94
FREE shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
Walker & Company, 2001-06-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.
Item Price
NZ$52.94
FREE shipping to USA
SISTER WIFE.
More Photos

SISTER WIFE.

by Gates, John.

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780802733634 / 0802733638
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Ione, California, United States
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
NZ$58.73
NZ$6.38 shipping to USA

Show Details

Description:
New York:: Walker,, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Second mystery featuring Brigham Bybee, who has withdrawn from the routine practice of law and purchased Piute Villa, a motel of decaying teepees in Kanab, Utah, When he is asked to prosecute and imprison the most notorious polygamist in the area, Brig accepts it. But when one of Crowe's six wives turns up, beaten, bloody, and terrified and telling a story of murder and mutilation within the colony from which she's fled, Bybee decides to to go after Crowe for murder - not the show trial those in power wanted. SIGNED on the title page. 221 pp.
Item Price
NZ$58.73
NZ$6.38 shipping to USA