The Bishop's Wife: Library Edition

from richjj

I don't remember where I heard about this book, maybe on a radio interview, but I had the impression it was making some kind of waves in some circles. I seemed to remember that it could be appreciated by Mormons and non-Mormons alike, and the story tried to deal with difficult religious and Mormo...

from pammykn

AUTHOR Harrison, Mette Ivie TITLE: The Bishop's Wife DATE READ 06/05/2016 RATING 4.5/B+ GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF PAGES Mystery/ 2014/ Soho Press / 341 pgs SERIES/STAND-ALONE: #1 Mormon wife Linda Wallheim CHARACTERS Linda Wallehim -- Mormon Bishop's wife TIME/PLACE: Present/ Utah FIRST LI...

from sharlene_w

As a Mormon myself, a lot of it was very familiar and normal, but it must seem odd to people not familiar with our faith. I listened to it on audio and there were times I felt the author was familiar with whatever was being talked about but the reader was not... Anyway, felt the characters were a...

from brangwinn

A slow paced mystery can be a good thing, especially when it allows the non-LDS reader to look at the life of a Mormon woman. In investigating the disappearance of a neighbor, Linda discovers a number of marriages that are more troubled than they appear. Do I see another Jessica Fletcher (Murder ...

from cathyskye

The Bishop's Wife is more a nuanced character study of Linda Wallheim than it is a mystery, although finding out what's happened to these characters is absorbing. As a detective, Linda is as amateur as they come. With each new piece of information she gleans, she changes her mind about what happe...