Lost in the Garden of Eve

Name: Lost in the Garden of Eve
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ISBN: 9781496750006

L. Divine

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Dafina
27 October 2026

Crime & Mystery

Series: The Keke McCoy Mystery Series

P-Valley meets Nancy Drew in this unique blend of thrilling crime fiction, timely social commentary, and the power of sisterhood in this captivating homage to the “lesser dead” for readers of Kellye Garrett, Wanda M. Morris, and Nic Stone’s BOOM TOWN.

When former Atlanta stripper-turned-reporter Keke McCoy finds fame after solving the gruesome ritualistic murder of a fellow dancer, she’s tapped to investigate the unsolved disappearance of underage dancers from her teenage stomping grounds, The Pimp Palace.

Keke’s head is still spinning—and not just because of the hit she took securing a bombshell confession for her last story. Besides her full-time job with the Metro Journal, Keke now has an online column devoted to exposing unsolved murders of young people of color. She’s also freelancing as an investigative journalist in Indian Springs, where she maintains her rekindled relationship with her former employer and mentor, Honey Spot club owner Josephine “HoneyMama” Thibodeaux.

Kiki is soon back at her teenage stomping grounds, The Pimp Palace, where several off-the-books, underage dancers have gone missing under suspicious circumstances. When she unearths troubling connections between some of the cases, Keke calls on Detective Elijah Drew—her former man, occasional lover—and maybe her future . . .

To up their game, Keke and Elijah need someone on the inside. Keke recruits Dulce, a talented Honey Spot dancer and one of the victim’s girlfriends who helped to crack the last case. Even HoneyMama is willing to put her neck on the line—again—to find out what happened, since several of the victims’ belongings included her contact information.

With a common mission, all involved dive down a very dangerous, very corrupt rabbit hole no one saw coming—except the mastermind who awaits their fall—especially Keke’s . . .

By: L. Divine
Imprint: Dafina
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781496750006
ISBN 10: 1496750004
Series: The Keke McCoy Mystery Series
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 27 October 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

L. Divine is an educator and the acclaimed author of The Keke McCoy Mysteries and the YA series, Drama High. She is a Faucet Book Award-winner whose novels have been praised by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Essence, Ebony, and more. A former teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, she has as Master’s from UCLA in African American Studies and Educational Psychology and served as a visiting scholar at UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her daughter and son.

Reviews for Lost in the Garden of Eve

Praise for L. Divine’s Keke McCoy Mysteries “Poignant and sometimes harrowing sections narrated by the missing Mocha alternate with those following Drew and Keke, lending the story added emotional weight, and Keke’s foulmouthed former colleagues enliven the proceedings.” —Publishers Weekly on Lost in the Garden of Eve “A compulsively readable murder mystery. Forget titillation: Divine is writing on the fault lines of social justice, race, sex workers and law enforcement, and it makes for an edgy, pacy read.” —The Amazon Book Review on An Epitaph for Jezebel