Blessed Be the Wicked, D. A. Bartley
Blessed Be the Wicked, D. A. Bartley
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Blessed Be the Wicked
An Abish Taylor Mystery

Author: D. A. Bartley

Narrator: Chelsea Stephens

Unabridged: 8 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2019


Synopsis

Detective Abish Taylor left Utah for a reason. But with her husbands passing, its time to come home. Reconnecting with her family means dealing with her past: the father she abandoned and the community she left behind. Her one escape is serving as the sole police detective in the small town of Pleasant View. But when the quiet Mormon suburb in the Wasatch Mountains is shaken by a macabre deathwith the hallmarks of a sacred ritual dating back to the days of Brigham Young Abbie is called into action. As she uncovers the dark side of the picturesque neighborhoodinfidelity, corruption, and the greed of a global religionAbbie discovers just how far some powerful leaders of the Church will go to bury their secrets. Especially as the brutal murder unearths a sinister tradition lurking in the religion's not-so-distant past: the ultimate sacrifice for unforgivable sins. With the chief pressuring her to close the case and the community that once sheltered her watching her every move, Abbie must find justice for the deadbefore shes silenced for good.

About D. A. Bartley

D. A. Bartley is a well-traveled author who has always had a lifelong love of mysteries. A member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, she can trace her family history back to the earliest days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She spent much of her childhood in Utah, but she was born in Scotland and lived in Germany, France, and Russia. She currently resides in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will

Abbie was sure Church leaders had hoped that changing the temple ritual would change history. You could talk about it; you could expand your view about it; but you couldn’t change it. Blood atonement was part of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It had always been a......more

Goodreads review by Julie

Detective Abish Taylor has returned to Utah where she grew up. She's trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband and just had to get out of New York. She never intended to return to Utah. After leaving the Mormon faith, her family relationships are difficult....but this is a......more