Not of This Fold

Linda Wallheim Mystery Series, Book 4

De: Mette Ivie Harrison

Narrado por: Kirsten Potter

Now that all five of her sons have left home, Mormon bishop's wife Linda Wallheim has quite a bit of time on her hands, most of which she spends worrying about the state of the country and how her youngest son, Samuel, who is openly gay, is faring on his mission in Boston. She has also become close with one of the women in her ward, Gwen Ferris.

But Gwen is quickly losing faith in the church, and her issues with the Mormon power structure are only reinforced by her calling in Draper's local "Spanish ward". The ward's members are both legal and undocumented immigrants who aren't always getting the community support they should be from their church, and have been assigned a bishop who doesn't speak their language.

When Gabriela Gonzalez, a young mother and Gwen's friend in the Spanish Ward, is found strangled at a gas station, Gwen is paralyzed with guilt. The dead woman's last phone call was to Gwen, and her voice mail reveals that she knew she was in danger.

When Gwen decides the police aren't doing enough to get justice for Gabriela, who was undocumented, she decides to find the killer herself. Linda reluctantly takes part in Gwen's vigilante sleuthing, fearing for her young friend's safety, but what the pair discovers may put them both in danger.

©2018 Mette Ivie Harrison (P)2018 Tantor

Captivating and Enlightening

Loved the story of the Mormon wives. I know little of the religion, Reading about their lives and struggles gave me a sense of respect, and was impressed of how they handled their internal struggles. I always love a good mystery. I’ll be reading more from this author.
I’ll also add this book to my book club roster.

I’m loving this series

One by one I’m working my way through this series. Linda is a Mormon Jessica Fletcher. I kind of love it!

Inconceivable

This is my least favourite book in the series so far. Each gets more and more maddening. The only thing this character seems to learn is how to get better at justifying her stupid and bad decisions. Additionally, each story gets less believable than the last.

The reader is fine, but I don't like all of her character interpretations. Her personal judgment seeps through. She also needs to learn some proper pronunciations of certain LDS names and terms. And how is Anna a completely different voice after the first book??

On a positive note, the stories are at least interesting, and the writing flows well so that the books aren't too long or short.