The Gar­den of Eden and Oth­er Crim­i­nal Delights is a col­lec­tion of short sto­ries writ­ten by renowned mys­tery writer Faye Keller­man. Some of the sto­ries include the famil­iar char­ac­ters of Peter Deck­er and Rina Lazarus. Two were writ­ten in col­lab­o­ra­tion with three of the author’s four chil­dren, includ­ing her son Jesse Keller­man, whose first nov­el, Sun­stroke, was pub­lished this year. Also includ­ed are two very per­son­al non-fic­tion essays. 

As a fan of the author’s nov­els, I must admit that I found that the short sto­ry for­mat did not allow for the char­ac­ter devel­op­ment, explo­ration of social issues and plot twists that I have become accus­tomed to. How­ev­er, I’m sure that Faye Keller­man fans will enjoy the vari­ety of tales that are told and the author’s intro­duc­tions to each story.