His Right Hand (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616957636)

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 ward's second counselor--one of the bishop's right-hand men--is 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 ward's bishop, can't rest as long as the ward is suffering. She is particularly worried about Carl's 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 person's soul, some people regard transgenderism as one of the worst possible sins. Church officials seem to be more upset by Carl's 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 inside--and she is the only one who can help. Carl was living a life of secrecy for twenty years. What else was he hiding--and can Linda ferret out the key to his death before the rumors tear her community apart?

Author: Mette Ivie Harrison
ISBN-10: 1616957638
ISBN-13: 9781616957636
Publisher: Soho Crime
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2016
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.30h x 4.90w x 1.20d