Genesis One: Abel Is Missing is the Old Testament tale of Abel's murder set in southern Mesopotamia, the purported location of the Garden of Eden, about 5,000 B.C., when the world's oldest known civilization was beginning to bloom. The novel transposes the Biblical account of Cain and Abel to a fictitious story in that ancient world. The protagonist, a finder of lost persons by the name of Shlem, who may well be the world's first private investigator, is hired by God to find the missing shepherd, Abel.
Who are the people Cain feared when he said to God, "... every one that findeth me shall slay me?" While the Bible doesn't tell us who these people were or where they came from, it does imply that a sizable human population already existed when Cain slew Abel. Adam and Eve were not the first man and woman on earth. They were simply the first to be created in God's image.
While the novel parodies today's hard-boiled investigators and their clients, it also explores the relationship of man and his gods. It is a mixture of mystery, archeology, and theology, with a generous helping of humor and suspense.