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SoHo Books
January 2015
On Sale: December 30, 2014
Featuring: Linda Wallheim; Kurt Wallheim
353 pages
ISBN: 1616954760
EAN: 9781616954765
Kindle: B00LKIBZIW
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Mystery
In the predominantly Mormon city of Draper, Utah, some
seemingly perfect families have deadly secrets. Inspired by an actual crime and written by a practicing
Mormon, The Bishop’s Wife is both a fascinating look at
the
lives of modern Mormons as well as a grim and cunningly
twisted mystery. Linda Wallheim is the mother of five grown boys and the
wife
of a Mormon bishop. As bishop, Kurt Wallheim is the ward’s
designated spiritual father, and that makes Linda the
ward’s
unofficial mother, and her days are filled with comfort
visits, community service, and informal counseling. But Linda is increasingly troubled by the church’s
patriarchal structure and secrecy, especially as a
disturbing situation takes shape in the ward. One cold
winter morning, a neighbor, Jared Helm, appears on the
Wallheims’ doorstep with his 5-year-old daughter, claiming
that his wife, Carrie, disappeared in the middle of the
night, leaving behind everything she owns. The
circumstances
surrounding Carrie’s disappearance become more suspicious
the more Linda learns about them, and she becomes
convinced
that Jared has murdered his wife and painted himself as an
abandoned husband. Kurt asks Linda not to get involved in the unfolding
family
saga, but she has become obsessed with Carrie’s fate, and
with the well-being of her vulnerable young daughter. She
cannot let the matter rest until she finds out the truth.
Is
she wrong to go against her husband, the bishop, when her
inner convictions are so strong?
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