The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights
Chapter One
The GARDEN of EDEN
"The Garden of Eden" is an original Peter Decker/Rina
Lazarus tale written specifically for this anthology. It combines my love of
gardening with my love of mystery writing. I gave my protagonist, Rina,
gardening as a hobby because she's a nurturing person, and planting a
garden is a way to give back to Mother Earth. The story deals with the search
for the almighty buck when true treasures are found in the most unexpected
places.
IT BEGAN AS SOMETHING RECREATIONAL, A WAY TO pass the time pleasantly, but
then, as insidious as a burrowing maggot, it turned into an addiction. By six
months, every room in the house was a biological testament to Rina
Decker's hobby, from the bedrooms and bathrooms to the living room and
the laundry room, plants, sprouts, shoots, and cultivars crowding out space
once reserved for human inhabitants. Given the dire circumstances, she knew
she'd have to act, but the decision was torturous. Which ones merited the
honor of being houseplants, and which ones had to be sacrificed ... read full excerpt from The Garden of Eden: And Other Criminal Delights ebook
