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Book Review of Desert Wives (Lena Jones, Bk 2)

Desert Wives (Lena Jones, Bk 2)
Desert Wives (Lena Jones, Bk 2)
Author: Betty Webb
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Driven by moral outrage and personal demons, Arizona private investigator Lena Jones enters the brutal world of polygamy when she is hired by a frantic mother desperate to rescue her thirteen year old daughter form a polygamist sect on the Utah border. The girl I s to be married to the compound's sixty-eight year old leader, Soloman Royal, in a trade brokered by her father in exchange for two sixteen year old.
The snatch goes off without a hitch, until lena stumbles over the dead body of Brother Royal, and the girl's mother is charged with his murder.To find the real killer,Lena goes undercover as the new "wife" of an inside sympathizer and infiltrates the dark reality of Purity.