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Thomas & Mercer
March 2012
On Sale: February 21, 2012
346 pages
ISBN: 1612182186
EAN: 9781612182186
Kindle: B005J61DDI
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Deep in the Utah desert, the small polygamous community of Blister Creek has a history of protecting its own. Even when a young woman is brutally murdered just blocks from her home, the residents of the conservative enclave close ranks. But just because they donโt want outside law enforcement in their business doesnโt mean the murder will go unpunished. More than a thousand miles away, Jacob Christianson, a medical student and son of a devout church elder, learns of his cousin Amandaโs murder. Though Jacob is skeptical of many of the communityโs fundamentalist beliefs, his sharply analytical mind and family connection to the victim earns him the assignment of investigator into Amandaโs death. Jacob heads to Blister Creek, accompanied by his inquisitive younger sister, Eliza, to probe the bizarre circumstances of their cousinโs violent death. It doesnโt take long for the pair to realize that Amandaโs murder was no random act; rather, it is part of a covert plot to overthrow the churchโs leaders. Chilling and engrossing, The Righteous has been hailed as a "first rate suspense thriller," a tightly plotted novel about the dark secrets hiding behind the veil of religion.
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