Death in Eden: A Mystery

By: Paul J. Heald

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

He wanted to do research, but what he ended up with was a murder investigation - murder deep within the porn industry. Desperate to complete the last chapter of his law thesis on workplace dynamics for women to secure his tenure, Professor Stanley Hopkins stumbles on an old close college friend, Donald Johansson, who has plenty of female employees. The problem is that Donald is a porn video king. Taking his wife to California’s seedy city of Burbank to help with taping interviews (and to protect his reputation with the university, not to mention his marriage), Stanley realizes he is in way over his head the moment a leading porn star is brutally killed in Donald’s office during a party.Donald is arrested and pleads with Stanley to play legal detective. Stanley’s problems are compounded, as playing detective for a porn king puts him on thin ice with the university trustees, gets him in hot water with the police, dangles temptation in front of him, and puts his marriage at serious risk. As he solicits the help of eager porn stars and scrabbles for clues to help defend his old friend, Stanley feels the walls closing in on him more and more each minute. Death in Eden is a gripping page-turner and a darkly funny debut novel.

©2014 Paul J. Heald (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Outstanding

Amazing murder mystery written in the style of an old film. noir or Sam Spade except takes place in current times. Professor Stan and his wife get involved in a murder while trying to write a book for his thesis. All he really wanted was to get tenure and to keep teaching but as it turns out with lots of twists and turns, he finds himself a new profession which almost gets him killed. Excellent characters and mystery.