Crime thriller uses Mormon polygamy history as narrative backdrop
November 2, 2026 at 11:02 AM MT · via YPR · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting

YPR reviews the same crime novel blending Mormon history and polygamy themes, calling it a "wry, page-turning thriller." The book uses plural marriage and faith questions as texture for a mystery plot accessible to readers without deep Mormon knowledge.
Fiction exploring Mormon themes through crime and thriller genres continues to find audiences beyond the Mormon community by treating religious culture as setting rather than subject.
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