Shadows of Eden

When a Harvard cancer researcher vanishes without a trace, his cousin—a Boston homicide cop—calls in Del Price, an independently wealthy, wisecracking Latter-day Saint private detective who "investigates sin." Following threads of Swiss chocolate, absentee scientists, and a missing nurse, Del is drawn toward an abandoned motel called the Garden of Eden and a horrifying secret at the frontier of genetic engineering. A fast-talking mystery laced with faith, moral reckoning, and the question of whether a benevolent God shapes the chaos of mortal lives.

• A hard-boiled detective voice—minus the booze, profanity, and womanizing—narrated by a wisecracking Latter-day Saint P.I.
• A genuinely creepy genetic-engineering conspiracy hidden inside a classic missing-person case.
• Faith and philosophy woven into a page-turning whodunit set in Boston's university corridors.
• A rare LDS-market mystery that reads like literary noir, complete with book-club discussion questions.

“Del Price, detective of the soul. I investigate sin.”

Perfect for an adult Latter-day Saint mystery fan who enjoys a clean, cerebral detective story threaded with faith, humor, and moral reflection.