The Prodigal Daughter
Reeks: A Linda Wallheim Mystery
Mette Ivie Harrison
- In
- the
- wake
- of
- the
- #MeToo
- movement,
- has
- it
- become
- easier
- to
- speak
- out
- about
- sexual
- assault
- in
- religious
- communities?Linda
- Wallheim,
- increasingly
- disillusioned
- with
- her
- Mormon
- religion,
- has
- begun
- marriage
- counseling
- with
- her
- husband,
- Kurt,
- a
- bishop
- in
- the
- Latter-Day
- Saints
- Church.
- On
- other
- days,
- Linda
- occupies
- herself
- with
- happier
- things,
- like
- visiting
- her
- five
- grown
- sons
- and
- their
- families.When
- Linda’s
- eldest
- son,
- Joseph,
- tells
- her
- his
- infant
- daughter’s
- babysitter,
- a
- local
- teenager
- named
- Sabrina
- Jensen,
- has
- vanished,
- Linda
- can’t
- help
- but
- ask
- questions.
- Her
- casual
- inquiries
- form
- the
- portrait
- of
- a
- girl
- under
- extreme
- pressure
- from
- her
- parents
- to
- be
- the
- perfect
- Mormon
- daughter,
- and
- it
- eventually
- emerges
- that
- Sabrina
- is
- the
- victim
- of
- a
- terrible
- crime
- at
- the
- hands
- of
- her
- own
- classmates—including
- the
- high
- school’s
- golden
- boys
- and
- future
- church
- leaders.Linda’s
- search
- for
- Sabrina
- will
- lead
- her
- to
- the
- darker
- streets
- of
- Utah
- and
- cause
- her
- to
- question
- whether
- the
- Mormon
- community’s
- most
- privileged
- and
- powerful
- will
- be
- called
- to
- task
- for
- past sins.
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