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Leigh Neely

Audiobook Review: Marshall’s Law by Ben Sanders (Read by George Newbern)

By Leigh Neely

April 20, 2017

Marshall's Law by Ben Sanders is the 2nd book in the Marshall Grade series. Ben Sanders’s 2nd book featuring Marshall Grade has all the elements of intrigue, action, and purpose found in his 1st book, American Blood. I listened to the audiobook and found it very easy to follow, and the wonderful actor, George Newbern,…

Review: Keys to Nowhere by Dorothy H. Hayes

By Leigh Neely

January 19, 2017

Keys to Nowhere by Dorothy H. Hayes is the 3rd volume in the Carol Rossi Mystery series. Read Leigh Neely's review of Keys to Nowhere, and make sure to sign in and comment below for a chance to win this new Carol Rossi Mystery! Carol Rossi is one of my favorite characters. I’ve read all…

Review: Born in Death by J.D. Robb

By Leigh Neely

January 9, 2017

To celebrate the upcoming release of J.D. Robb's 44th Eve Dallas mystery, Echoes in Death, we're taking a look back at every single book in the In Death series. Today, Leigh Neely reviews #23, Born in Death. I freely admit that I avoided this series for several years. I was in my romantic era at the…

Review: Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb

By Leigh Neely

December 22, 2016

To celebrate the upcoming release of J.D. Robb's 44th Eve Dallas mystery, Echoes in Death, we're taking a look back at every single book in the In Death series. Today, Leigh Neely reviews #11, Judgment in Death. The In Death series by J.D. Robb is one of my favorites. She’s one of the few writers whose books…

Fresh Meat: The Evidence Room by Cameron Harvey

By Leigh Neely

May 27, 2015

The Evidence Room by Cameron Harvey is a police procedural set amidst the swampy land of Florida's Cooper Bayou where a girl returns home to the scene of a crime that shook her world 20 years prior (available June 2, 2015). In 1989, Cooper’s Bayou was shaken to the core by the murder of one…

Fresh Meat: Bone to be Wild by Carolyn Haines

By Leigh Neely

May 18, 2015

Bone to be Wild by Carolyn Haines is the 15th cozy mystery in the Sarah Booth Delaney series where the Mississippi private detective must investigate threats made against a famous blues band (available May 19, 2015). You can’t think of the blues without dames like Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Booth Delaney.…

Fresh Meat: Day Shift by Charlaine Harris

By Leigh Neely

April 25, 2015

Day Shift by Charlaine Harris transports readers back to the dusty town of Midnight, Texas, where all sorts of paranormal happenings occur in this second book in the trilogy (available May 5, 2015). Midnight, Texas, could be just another dusty spot in the roads outside Dallas except that it’s a place created by Charlaine Harris.…

Fresh Meat: Broken Window by Dorothy H. Hayes

By Leigh Neely

February 26, 2015

Broken Window by Dorothy H. Hayes is set in NYC in the summer of 1984 — a time when the subway was not a safe place for travel, as evidenced by a missing NYU student (available March 3, 2015). Comment below for a chance to win a copy! It's the summer of 1984, and New York…

Fresh Meat: The Black Widow by Wendy Corsi Staub

By Leigh Neely

February 20, 2015

The Black Widow by Wendy Corsi Staub is a thriller featuring two women who embark into the world of online dating in completely different fashions (available February 24, 2015). In The Black Widow, Wendy Corsi Staub delves into the world of dating 21st-century style. We’ve gone from Looking for Mr. Goodbar to You’ve Got Mail.…

Fresh Meat: Pardon the Ravens by Alan Hruska

By Leigh Neely

February 6, 2015

Pardon the Ravens by Alan Hruska is a legal thriller set in 1960s New York about a young lawyer who falls for a mobster's wife and risks losing it all (available February 10, 2015). This is another good mystery with great courtroom drama and the continual inner battle of a good man who has to…

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