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Linda Wallheim Mystery Series

This series plunges readers into seemingly idyllic communities where dark secrets lie just beneath the surface of perfection. Follow a devout woman whose ordinary life is upended as she becomes entangled in investigating mysterious disappearances and murders. The suspense builds with each uncovered lie, revealing the complexities of relationships and hidden motives. It offers a compelling glimpse into the lives of ordinary people, where nothing is ever quite as it seems, blending faith with thrilling crime-solving.

His Right Hand
The Bishop's Wife

Recommended Reading Order

  1. The Bishop's Wife

    • 384 pages
    • 14 hours of reading

    In the predominantly mormon city of Draper, Utah, some seemingly perfect families have deadly secrets. Linda Wallheim is a devout Mormon, mother of five boys and wife of a bishop. But Linda’s daily routine of church-going, Relief Society meetings, and visiting church ward members is turned upside down as a disturbing situation takes shape in her seemingly idyllic neighborhood. Young wife and mother Carrie Helm has disappeared. Carrie’s husband, Jared, claims that she has abandoned the family, but Linda doesn’t trust him. As she snoops, trying to learn more about the Helms’ circumstances, Linda becomes convinced Jared murdered his wife and painted himself as a wronged husband. Inspired by a chilling true crime and written by a practicing Mormon, The Bishop’s Wife is both a fascinating peek into the lives of modern Mormons and a grim and cunningly twisted mystery.

    The Bishop's Wife1
    3.2

  2. His Right Hand

    "Linda Wallheim finds herself once again ruffling feathers in Draper, Utah, as she assists a murder investigation that is being derailed by transphobia within the LDS community"--Publisher marketing. 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. What else was he hiding-- and can Linda ferret out the key to his death before the rumors tear her community apart?

    His Right Hand2
    3.5