“How many times
have I told you? Never get involved with the church hierarchy.”
Words of wisdom, surely, but Moroni Traveler can’t seem to take his
father’s advice. Salt Lake City private investigators, Moroni and his father, Martin, maintain an uneasy truce with the Church of Latter-day Saints. But
Moroni owes a debt to his boyhood friend Willis Tanner, now one of the
top-ranking officials in the LDS, and Willis has come to collect. Lael Woolley,
grandniece of the First Prophet, the head of the Mormon church on earth, has
been kidnapped, and the prophet believes only Traveler, a gentile, can rescue
her. Moroni agrees, although reluctantly—in Salt Lake City you just don’t say
no to the LDS. He and his father set out to find Lael with carte blanche from the prophet and the assistance of three enterprising, offbeat drifters who
live in the lobby of the Travelers’ office building. Their search takes them
around the state and into the church’s extensive genealogical records, pointing
to a subversive Mormon feminist group that may or may not be responsible for
Lael’s disappearance.
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“Splendid…Battling springtime torrents,
high-heeled harpies who kick him where it hurts the most, interfering churchmen,
and a host of convinced traditionalists, Moroni uncovers a surprising, devilish
plan. The identity of the Evil One is clear early on, but that doesn’t diminish
the suspense in this rewarding novel.”
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Publishers Weekly