Toby Neal

Blood Orchids

Black Jasmine

Paradise can be merciless. Does she really want to bring down the bandit? Lei made a difficult transition from detective on Maui to the FBI on Oahu. Her first big case as an agent draws national media attention as a teenage Robin Hood robs from the rich and gives to the poor, hopping from island to island in a stolen airplane. Someone has to make things right. Impoverished and orphaned, the Smiley Bandit isn't going to take it anymore. The angry teen steals a private plane and sets off on a crime spree fueled by social media and designed to draw attention to the income gap in Hawaii...but things soon spiral out of control, and lives are at stake. "Crisp, well-written and full of local color - Broken Ferns is another page-turner from Toby Neal." Greta Van der Rol, author of Morgan's ChoiceGrab 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!

Broken Ferns

Paradise is filled with dead men walking. He had everything ahead of him. The handsome son of a Senator lay posed on his bed, drug paraphernalia on the side table, along with a goodbye note...but something doesn't add up to suicide for Special Agent Lei Texeira and tech agent Sophie Ang. An angel of death is still an angel. Even dying people need a little help taking that last step to die with dignity, and Lightbody is the one to push them over the edge. Can Lei and Sophie stop a criminal who's sure he's doing the right thing? "Toby Neal scores a royal flush in this fifth of an unmissable crime series for mystery fans!" J.C. Martin, author of OracleGrab 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!

Twisted Vine

Paradise hides darkness behind a beautiful face. The teen in the car at the base 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 black 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 collectors, 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. "Toby Neal's stories have a relentless, charged energy that heat up every page." Holly Robinson, author of Sleeping TigersGrab 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!

One betta fish, two dead biologists, three trysts, four suspects and thirty-five pairs of shoes add up to complicated days in paradise for Special Agent Marcella Scott. Marcella gets into sand way over her Manolos investigating the death of a prominent scientist washed up on a Waikiki beach with a bullet hole between the eyes. BioGreen, a genetically-engineered algae that could solve the world fuel crisis, has been stolen from the development lab-a hotbed of intrigue where everyone on the project has something to hide. Marcella also has a secret vice, more dangerous than expensive shoes-and it leads her into arms that are too close for comfort.

Stolen in Paradise

Vigilante Justice Thriller Series

Wired In

Paradise swirls with deadly currents. ﻿ She has to avenge a champion. Surfing star Makoa Simmons washes up after tragically drowning on Maui, and Detective Lei Texeira plunges into a high-profile case whose dark and tangled motives reach deep into the elite world of professional surfing on the North Shore of Oahu. He’ll kill to come out on top. The darkest of motives drive a murderer with multiple axes to grind, and Lei must follow her instincts into new territory even as her husband, Michael Stevens, struggles with heartbreak of another kind. “Another fantastic mystery featuring Lei Texeira and the wonderful, deftly drawn characters populating the Lei Crime Series.” Emily Kimelman, author of the Sydney Rye Mystery Series 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!

Rip Tides

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️WIRED ROGUE, Second in series, is FREE! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If Lisbeth Salander and Jack Reacher had a Black/Thai love child…she would be SOPHIE. ✅ Brilliant hacker, MMA fighter, domestic abuse survivor, chronic depressive ✅ Likes kids and animals more than people ✅ Superpower: everyone falls in love with Sophie ✅ Likes to go off the grid and hide under a fake identity—but her BFF Marcella Scott can always find her Paradise can’t contain a thirst for revenge. How would you handle a sadistic stalker? Security specialist Sophie Ang returns to Maui, working alongside dynamic partner Jake Dunn to solve a series of bizarre and escalating threats against a rocker with a beach mansion. But soon, catching a crazed stalker becomes the least of Sophie’s problems: a deadly enemy is hell-bent on taking her down, along with anyone she cares about. Sophie’s very identity is tested as she grapples with issues of conscience and survival in a struggle that takes her to the edge of heartbreak, and beyond. "One of the year's best books!" — KC, Goodreads

Wired Dark

A Paradise Crime Thriller

Wired Revenge

Cinder Road

Paradise Crime Thrillers Books 1-3 Box Set

Paradise is threatened by a fight for sacred artifacts. She just wants to disarm the IED. Newly assigned to the bomb squad, Detective Lei Texeira struggles with skills that may be dangerously out of reach, even as a heinous crime strikes close to home and catches her husband in the crossfire. The woman is his. And if he can’t have her, she’ll have to die. An investigation into heiau desecrations must take a back seat to the emergence of an enemy who leaves shrouds as a calling card, targeting those closest to Lei and Stevens. “Neal is a powerful writer, and her prose is often effortless and elegant.” Kirkus Reviews 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!

Dark Lava

Paradise can't contain a thirst for revenge.How would you handle a sadistic stalker? Security specialist Sophie Ang returns to Maui, working alongside dynamic partner Jake Dunn to solve a series of bizarre and escalating threats against a rocker with a beach mansion. But soon, catching a crazed stalker becomes the least of Sophie's problems: a deadly enemy is hell-bent on taking her down, along with anyone she cares about. Sophie's very identity is tested as she grapples with issues of conscience and survival in a struggle that takes her to the edge of heartbreak, and beyond. "One of the year's best books!" KC, Goodreads

Wired Ghost

Danger stalks paradise. The past never stays buried. Sixteen years ago, Sergeant Lei Texeira met Harriet Vierra and Malia, the infant she adopted, in a deadly encounter in Mexico. Now a detective with the Maui Police Department, Harry works with Lei, and Malia, a teen sleuth, is determined to find her lost friend Camille. But Camille is only one of many missing girls. Young women are vanishing across the islands without a trace. Lei and Harry search for answers with the FBI, as Malia secretly conducts her own dangerous investigation: but for the girls taken by traffickers, time is running out. "My favorite series of all time!" ~Reviewer

Shark Cove

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️“Persistently riveting. Masterful.” ~KIRKUS REVIEWS⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Detective Lei Texeira flees hazy memories of a dark past, but nothing gets in the way of solving her cases in Hawaii! Binge read this box set of USA Today bestselling books and discover you can't read just one! Dark Lava: The searing heat of the deepest passions is let loose when the grisly murder of someone close to newlyweds Lei and Stevens triggers an investigation way too close to home. Fire Beach: The steamy jungles of the Big Island are the backdrop for revenge as Lei hunts down a killer who has been plaguing her family and leaving muslin shrouds as a calling card. Rip Tides: The powerful waves of the North Shore of Oahu, and the dramatic murder of a pro surfer, create ripples that draw Lei and her team deep into the vortex of a lovers’ drama. “Neal’s writing is persistently riveting...Masterly.” Kirkus Reviews Grab this fast-paced box set with a twist of romance, and take a trip to Hawaii with the series that’s sold more than a million copies!

Paradise Crime Mysteries Books 7-9

Paradise has dark parallels. A child’s skull, washed up on a beach, calls out for justice. The last thing detective Lei Texeira wants to do while her husband is deployed overseas is deal with a cold case involving child homicide, and rescuing a group of foster kids takes her beyond her personal limits. He just wants to live long enough to get home. Michael Stevens lands in a jungle hell filled with every kind of threat from crocodiles to kidnappers. Somehow he must get himself and his men to the rescue point, and defeat his inner demons along the way. "Persistently riveting...Neal's writing is tenacious, highlighted by the masterly crosscutting of two exhilarating storylines." ~ Kirkus Reviews 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!

Red Rain

A wrong turn on vacation has deadly consequences. Twenty-one-year-old Lei is looking for a good time in Mexico. Blowing off steam after a tough semester, Lei and her friend Kelly hit the border in a red Mustang convertible; but a series of deadly misadventures unfold that will change Lei’s life forever. A dog can change everything. Affected by the events in Mexico, Lei adopts a young K-9 dropout to guard the home she shares with her aunt. They try to stop a series of neighborhood robberies, and Lei discovers the scariest thing of all… how far her dog Keiki will go to save her life. ***Wrong Turn is a PREQUEL NOVELLA for Blood Orchids, the first book in the Paradise Crime Mysteries. A rewritten portion was previously published.***

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