Texas Public Radio reviews Brady Udall's novel 'A Bad Deal in Mormon Land,' describing it as a thriller that 'smashes faith, crime and history' together. The book centers on a polygamous family in rural Utah dealing with murder and fundamentalist Mormon culture.

The review highlights Udall's ability to balance serious subject matter with dark humor. Udall's previous novel, 'The Lonely Polygamist,' was a bestseller.

The story is set in Southern Utah's fundamentalist communities, which practice plural marriage and are not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which discontinued polygamy in 1890.