Amy Driscoll of the Miami Herald

 

Amy Driscoll of the Miami Herald

"Chris Bohjalian has always had a knack for keeping the reader interested in what he's writing. In his most recent novel, a little Vermont villa has been racked by a grounded couple's obvious homicide self-destruction. Bohjalian portrays the fallout of that fateful night in differed voices, easily slipping into the tops of the shaken nearby minister, the straightforward appointee state lawyer, and the top-rated creator whose own previous attracts her to the location of the crime. . .[A] investigation of blame and distress."

Diversion Weekly 

"Page-turning. . .Bohjalian has a talent for making nuanced, itemized first-individual female characters. . .Mysteries OF EDEN speeds along pleasingly as spine chiller and character study."

From the Seattle Times

"To call this great intellect a secret is akin to referring to the Hallelujah Chorus as a nice song...Bohjalian has composed a holding story that keeps the peruser going pages to discover what truly happened...But there is quite a lot more in this rich story. Bohjalian dives into the important secrets of human life. What is confidence? What is love? Furthermore, who are the holy messengers among us?"

Winston-Salem Journal 

"[A] sensational page-turner...This book will engage you with its anticipation. However, it will likewise make you ponder how privileged insights can be."

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune is a newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

"A Chris Bohjalian tale is speckled with mysteries like a loose coin dropped from an adept narrator's pockets...perfect...sorcery is rediscovered in 'Mysteries of Eden.'"

Tom Mayer, Lake City Reporter

"Bohjalian has fabricated a standing on his rich characters and drenching perusers in assorted subjects-homeopathy, basic entitlements activism, birthing assistance, and his most recent without a doubt will not baffle. Alice Hayward and her tyrannical hubby are found dead in their home the morning following their immersion into Rev. Stephen Drew's Vermont Baptist church, obvious homicide self-destruction. The first narrator, Stephen, is plagued with guilt over his failure to save Alice and quits the city. Not long after, he meets Heather Laurent, the writer of an angel's book whose guardians' marriage had ended in tragedy. Delegate state legal advisor Catherine Benincasa, whose doubts are stirred by Stephen's startling flight (and later by inquiries regarding his relationship with Alice), and Heather, who distances herself from Stephen for different reasons and dangers an excursion into her dim past via looking for Katie, the Haywards' little girl, put Stephen's significantly insightful depiction under serious scrutiny. The Haywards' currently stranded 15-year-old little girl plays the last bits of the riddle into play, setting things up for a contacting turn. Aficionados of Bohjalian's more fascinating works will miss gaining some new useful knowledge, yet this is a magnificently human and merciful story."