
Part of Series
The fourth installment in Mette Ivie Harrison's nationally bestselling Linda Wallheim mystery series, set in Mormon Utah, explores the effects of alienation, immigration, and extortion from the inner workings of the Mormon church. Gabriela Gonzalez, a young mother and member of Draper's "Spanish ward," is found strangled at a gas station. She was an illegal immigrant, as well as a close acquaintance of Linda Wallheim's friend Gwen Ferris. Gwen is intent on finding Gabriela's murderer, as Gabriela had left a message on Gwen's phone before she died, begging Gwen to meet her at the place she was killed. Linda, though preoccupied with frustrations with how the church and her husband have handled her youngest son's coming out, reluctantly takes part in Gwen's vigilante sleuthing, fearing for her young friend's safety. The pair discovers a host of suspects: Gabriela's deported husband, who's recently returned to Utah; her coworker and possible lover; and her bishop, a man at the head of a powerful, lucrative multi-level marketing company who was paying her for something under the table. Linda and Gwen must discover if one of these men had sufficient motive to kill Gabriela—and soon, as they find they are playing an increasingly dangerous game.
Author

My name is pronounced "Metty" like my mother's "Betty." It is Danish, and we were all named after ancestors. I guess by the time they got to number nine (out of eleven), it was getting tricky. So I got the funny Danish name no one knew how to prounounce. In Denmark, it should be "meta" like "metaphysical." It's from the Greek for "pearl." And no, it's not short for anything. Not even Mediterannean. My first book, THE MONSTER IN ME was accepted for publication in 1999 and was published in 2002. My second book, MIRA, MIRROR was published in 2004. The latest book, THE PRINCESS AND THE HOUND, was published in 2007. A sequel, THE PRINCESS AND THE BEAR, came out in April of 2009. I now live in Utah with my husband and 5 children, ages 5 to 14. I write during nap time, or at 4 in the morning, or while the broccoli for dinner is burning. Whenever I get a chance. I love to write the kind of books that I love to read. And I love to discover what is going to happen next, just like a reader would. I also do some racing in triathlon. from http://www.metteivieharrison.com/myli...