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Soho
December 2015
On Sale: December 1, 2015
352 pages ISBN: 1616956100 EAN: 9781616956103 Kindle: B00UEKX6JI Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery | Thriller Crime
In Draper, Utah, a tight-knit Mormon community is thrown into upheaval when their wardβs second counselorβone of the bishopβs right-hand menβis 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 wardβs bishop, canβt rest as long as the ward is suffering. She is particularly worried about Carlβs grieving family. But the entire case is turned upside down by the autopsy report, which reveals Carl Ashby was biologically female. In the Mormon church, where gender is considered part of a personβs soul, some people regard transgenderism as one of the worst possible transgressions of faith. Church officials seem to be more upset by Carlβs 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 insideβand she is the only one who can help. Carl was living a life of secrecy for twenty years. What else was he hidingβand can Linda ferret out the key to his death before the rumors tear her community apart?
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