
A Wasp in the Beehive
A Brigid Reardon Mystery
Mary Logue(Author)
University of Minnesota Press
Published on 8. May 2026
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-1-5179-1896-5 (ISBN)
Description
Salt Lake City, 1881: Brigid Reardon is again on the case when her new employer - a leader in the Church of Latter-day Saints - is murdered in his home
Still reeling from the violence she encountered in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Brigid Reardon presses on alone to Salt Lake City, where she decides to settle down in what she hopes is a safe community. Things look promising when she's hired to work at the Deseret Bookstore and offered a room in the home of her employer, Mr. Cutter, a high-ranking member of the Church of Latter-day Saints, and his five wives.
Despite Brigid's conflicting feelings about polygamy, she finds the Cutter wives warm and welcoming, and she thinks she may finally be happy here. As she settles in, Brigid learns that Mr. Cutter wants yet another wife, and he is set on Amelia, the daughter of one of his wives from a previous marriage. When Mr. Cutter is found apparently murdered in the women's sewing room, each of the wives (plus Amelia and Mr. Cutter's son) is a suspect, and Brigid knows it's up to her to figure out just who did it. As she continues to work in the bookstore and live with the grieving family, Brigid teams up with the local coroner to investigate - and with her undeniable knack for detection, it's not long before she discovers a telltale clue.
A Wasp in the Beehive continues Brigid's trek west in the United States after immigrating from Ireland with her brother, following her time in Deadwood, South Dakota, in The Streel and in Cheyenne in The Big Sugar. But with everything that has happened, will she stay in Salt Lake City, or will she move on again?
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Still reeling from the violence she encountered in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Brigid Reardon presses on alone to Salt Lake City, where she decides to settle down in what she hopes is a safe community. Things look promising when she's hired to work at the Deseret Bookstore and offered a room in the home of her employer, Mr. Cutter, a high-ranking member of the Church of Latter-day Saints, and his five wives.
Despite Brigid's conflicting feelings about polygamy, she finds the Cutter wives warm and welcoming, and she thinks she may finally be happy here. As she settles in, Brigid learns that Mr. Cutter wants yet another wife, and he is set on Amelia, the daughter of one of his wives from a previous marriage. When Mr. Cutter is found apparently murdered in the women's sewing room, each of the wives (plus Amelia and Mr. Cutter's son) is a suspect, and Brigid knows it's up to her to figure out just who did it. As she continues to work in the bookstore and live with the grieving family, Brigid teams up with the local coroner to investigate - and with her undeniable knack for detection, it's not long before she discovers a telltale clue.
A Wasp in the Beehive continues Brigid's trek west in the United States after immigrating from Ireland with her brother, following her time in Deadwood, South Dakota, in The Streel and in Cheyenne in The Big Sugar. But with everything that has happened, will she stay in Salt Lake City, or will she move on again?
Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly.
Reviews / Votes
"A clever mystery much enhanced by many historic details." -Kirkus Reviews"Terrific. . . . The task Logue has set herself with this series is exploration of the place of women in various parts of the country as the nation was being built. And she does it well." -St. Paul Pioneer Press
"Fans will want to watch for the fourth in this series." -Booklist
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Minnesota
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 159 mm
Width: 238 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
428 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5179-1896-5 (9781517918965)
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Person
Mary Logue is the award-winning author of more than thirty books, including mysteries, poetry, nonfiction, and many books for children. Her Brigid Reardon series includes The Streel, a WILLA Literary Award finalist, and The Big Sugar, a Foreword INDIES winner, both published by the University of Minnesota Press. She lives on both sides of the Mississippi River, in Minnesota and Wisconsin, with her fellow writer, Pete Hautman.