num_pages: 339
description: 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 wards second counselorone of the bishops right-hand menis 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 wards bishop cant rest as long as the ward is suffering. She is particularly worried about Carls 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 persons soul some people regard transgenderism as one of the worst possible transgressions of faith. Church officials seem to be more upset by Carls 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 insideand she is the only one who can help. Carl was living a life of secrecy for twenty years. What else was he hidingand can Linda ferret out the key to his death before the rumors tear her community apart?From the Hardcover edition.
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title: His Right Hand
publisher: Soho Crime