She needs to give her intuition room to play, and she needs to flush out a killer or killers who up to now have worn masks of innocence. My sincere desire is that Mama will continue to provide her fans with years of delightful and intriguing mysteries. Sometimes a mystery hinges on a good plot, sometimes on interesting or likable characters. Others are memorable for their deftly described settings. It reveals a secret world, the otherwise closed polygamous communities of Utah.
Gates succeeds in writing serious social commentary while still telling a highly entertaining story.
This is the second Brigham Bybee mystery. Since his introduction, he has made some changes in his life. He is the proprietor of a tourist motel outside of Kanab, Utah, named Piutte Villa. This teepee motel, protected by its mascot dog Spooky Floyd, provides a colorful base of operations for the increasingly frenetic activities Bybee gets involved in. Formerly a defense attorney, he has gone temporarily over to the other side, working a stint as hired gun for the prosecution.