Linda Wallheim mysteries
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"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...
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The tight-knit Mormon community in Draper, Utah 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. Linda Wallheim, the wife of the ward's bishop, is worried about Carl's grieving family. When the autopsy report reveals Carl Ashby was a biological female, Church officials and more concerned with hushing up the story than solving the crime....
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"Mormon bishop's wife Linda Wallheim is stunned to learn her son Kenneth has gotten engaged to Naomi, a young woman from a polygamous family. From Linda's point of view, polygamy is an abhorrent practice, one that dehumanizes women and makes children vulnerable to unhealthy family structures. When Naomi's father, Stephen Carter, the patriarch of the Carter clan, invites the Wallheims over to the Carter family compound in the remote foothills of the...
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Gwen Ferris, who has been active in the church's Spanish ward, has befriended Gabriela Suarez, a young mother of three, whose husband has been deported to Mexico. One day, Gabriela leaves a phone message for Gwen that suggests she's in some sort of trouble, and that night, her strangled body turns up at a gas station. Gwen prevails on her good friend Linda to help bring Gabriela's killer to justice. Tension rises between Linda and her Mormon bishop...
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"Linda Wallheim, who is increasingly jaded with the Mormon church, has begun marriage counseling with her bishop husband, Kurt, hoping to reconcile their household and philosophical disagreements. On other days, Linda occupies herself with happier things, like visits to see her five grown sons and their families. When Linda's eldest son, Joseph, tells her his infant daughter's babysitter, a local teenager named Sage Jensen, has vanished, Linda can't...