TOBY NEAL
LEI CRIME SERIES
BOOK #1: BLOOD ORCHIDS – Paradise has a dark side. She can’t
stop thinking about a drowned girl’s face… because it reminds her of her own.
Overcoming a past filled with scars, Lei makes a life for herself and her dog,
Keiki, as a cop in the sleepy Big Island town of Hilo. When a routine patrol turns
up two murdered teens, Lei’s world is rocked. She knows one of the girls and
she can’t rest until she finds answers – not only about the victims, but about
her own shadowed past as well. She’ll look so beautiful… once she’s dead. He
knows he’s twisted. He knows he’s wrong. He just doesn’t care. But now there’s a
female cop on his trail that won’t give up and she’s gonna be next. Lei has
overcome a scarred past to make a life for herself as a cop in the sleepy Big
Island town of Hilo. On a routine patrol she finds two murdered teenagers one
of whom she’s recently busted. With its echoes of her own past, the murdered
girl’s harsh life and tragic death affect Lei deeply. She becomes obsessed with
the case and determined to solve the murder, as the killers shown as the killer
is drawn to her intensity, feeding off her vulnerable and toying with Lei’s
sanity. Fast-paced crime mystery with a touch of romance, readers call Blood
Orchids “un-putdownable”! Hawaii is palm trees, black sand and blue water – but
for policewoman Lei Texeira, there’s a dark side to paradise. Lei has overcome
a scarred past to make a life for herself as a cop in the sleepy Big Island
town of Hilo. On a routine patrol she finds two murdered teenagers – one of
whom she’d recently busted. With its echoes of her own past, the murdered girl’s
harsh life and tragic death affect Lei deeply. She becomes obsessed – even as
the killer is drawn to Lei’s intensity, feeding off her vulnerabilities and
toying with her sanity. Despite her obsession with the case and fear that she’s
being stalked, Lei finds herself falling in love for the first time. Steaming
volcanoes, black sand beaches and shrouded fern forests are the backdrop to Lei’s
quest for answers – and the stalker is closer than she can imagine, as threads
of the past tangle in her future. Lei is determined to find the killer – but he
knows where to find her first.
BOOK #2: TORCHED GINGER – If J.D. Robb’s In Death series went on
location with Kaui Hart Hemmings’s The Descendants, you’d have Toby Neal’s
Torch Ginger. The island of Kauai is remote jungle, golden beaches and ancient
culture – but transients are disappearing in paradise and only Detective Lei
Texeira notices. Lei transfers to the island of Kauai, where she uncovers a
pattern of disappearances that may be related to a bizarre cult – or is it just
one madman at work? In Lei’s world, everyone is guilty until proven innocent. In
Blood Orchids Lei battled her personal demons and won – but now they’ve come
roaring back with reinforcements, including charming real estate magnate Alika
Wolcott and former fiancée Michael Stevens. In the midst of the biggest case
sleepy Kauai has ever seen, Lei must also untangle the mysteries of her heart and
discover who she loves. Paradise is full of missing people. She’s the only one
who realizes they’re gone. Detective Lei Texeira and her dog, Keiki, transfer to
the lush, tropical land of Kauai where she uncovers a pattern of disappearances
that may be related to a bizarre cult – or is it just one madman at work? He
knows what he does is wrong… but he has to silence the voices. He thought he’d
finally find peace with this latest sacrifice, but there’s someone coming for
him… and she’s getting way too close. “Lei is both tough detective and vulnerable
woman in this second winning novel in the popular Hawaii mystery series created
by Toby Neal.” David Bishop, author of The WomanGrab this fast-paced mystery
with a twist of romance and take a trip to Hawaii with the series that’s sold
more than a million copies!
BOOK #3: BLACK JASMINE – The island of Maui is turquoise ocean,
stunning vistas and whalesong – but organized crime has a hidden hold and Detective
Lei Texeira tracks evil that hides behind a beautiful face. When a nameless
teenage girl dies in an apparent vehicular suicide, Lei can’t rest until she
finds out what really happened. She blazes through all the wealth and poverty
of Maui island society in her quest for justice, rousing a deadly foe-even as
she faces the personal demons of commitment and revenge that threaten the only
real love she’s ever known. “Toby Neal’s stories have a relentless, charged
energy that heats up every page.” – Holly Robinson, author of Sleeping Tigers.
Paradise hides darkness behind a beautiful face. The teen in the car at the bae
of the cliff is no suicide. When a nameless young girl is found in a crashed
vehicle on the rocks of one of Maui’s back lava cliffs, Detective Lei Texeira
can’t rest until she finds out what really happened. She blazes through all the
wealth and poverty of Maui island society in her quest for justice even as she
faces the personal demons of commitment and revenge that threaten the only real
love she’s ever known. That girl should never have crossed me. I know who I am –
a procurer of beautiful things for people who can afford them. Men and women
for pleasure, fine art for collections and money for the mob. Lei Texeira is nothing
but an annoyance. I’ll take everything she loves, burn down her house and take
her life too… just because I can. Grab this fast-paced mystery with a twist of romance
and take a trip to Hawaii with the series that’s sold more than a million copies!
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