Jossenda Ledesma is one of those people “no one in the family ever talks about.” But after twenty years of being anoutcast, she suddenly shows up at a family gathering. She latches onto Becca Sandoval, a relative newcomer to the clan, who is in the dark about the hostility surrounding the woman. Becca soon learns that Jossenda is not only ill-mannered and belligerent, but also a member of a questionable “religious” cult. To escape Jossenda’s interference in her life, Becca must unmask the secrets of Jossenda’s personal animosity as well as the sinister activities of the cult.
Relative Danger by Margaret Tessler
First Place Winner in the Douglas Preston Award for Published Fiction November 8, 2019
Sponsored by The Albuquerque Museum Foundation
Published by BookLocker
Pages: 213