His Right Hand
Reeks: A Linda Wallheim Mystery
Mette Ivie Harrison
- In
- the
- follow-up
- to
- the
- controversial
- and
- critically
- acclaimed
- mystery
- The
- Bishop's
- Wife,
- Mormon
- housewife
- Linda
- Wallheim
- finds
- herself
- ruffling
- feathers
- in
- Draper,
- Utah,
- as
- she
- assists
- a
- murder
- investigation
- that
- is
- being
- derailed
- by
- transphobia
- within
- the
- LDS
- community.In
- Draper,
- Utah,
- a
- tight-knit
- Mormon
- community
- is
- thrown
- into
- upheaval
- when
- their
- ward’s
- second
- counselor—one
- of
- the
- bishop’s
- right-hand
- men—is
- found
- dead
- in
- an
- elaborately
- staged
- murder
- on
- church
- property.
- Carl
- Ashby
- was
- known
- as
- a
- devout
- Mormon,
- a
- pillar
- of
- the
- community,
- and
- a
- loving
- husband
- and
- father.
- Who
- would
- want
- him
- dead?Linda
- Wallheim,
- the
- wife
- of
- the
- ward’s
- bishop,
- can’t
- rest
- as
- long
- as
- the
- ward
- is
- suffering.
- She
- is
- particularly
- worried
- about
- Carl’s
- grieving
- family.
- But
- the
- entire
- case
- is
- turned
- upside
- down
- by
- the
- autopsy
- report,
- which
- reveals
- Carl
- Ashby
- was
- a
- biological
- female.
- In
- the
- Mormon
- church,
- where
- gender
- is
- considered
- part
- of
- a
- person’s
- soul,
- some
- people
- regard
- transgenderism
- as
- one
- of
- the
- worst
- possible
- sins.
- Church
- officials
- seem
- to
- be
- more
- upset
- by
- Carl’s
- gender
- than
- by
- his
- murder,
- and
- more
- concerned
- with
- hushing
- up
- the
- story
- than
- solving
- the
- crime.Linda
- realizes
- that
- if
- the
- police
- are
- to
- catch
- the
- killer,
- they
- are
- going
- to
- need
- an
- ally
- on
- the
- inside—and
- she
- is
- the
- only
- one
- who
- can
- help.
- Carl
- was
- living
- a
- life
- of
- secrecy
- for
- twenty
- years.
- What
- else
- was
- he
- hiding—and
- can
- Linda
- ferret
- out
- the
- key
- to
- his
- death
- before
- the
- rumors
- tear
- her
- community apart?
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