His books are set in Brazil, but often begin with some event of worldwide significance.
Here is the series
2008 BLOOD OF THE WICKED
2009 BURIED STRANGERS
2010 DYING GASP
2010 EVERY BITTER THING
2011 A VINE IN THE BLOOD
I have reviewed (and enjoyed) these two
4.9, BLOOD OF THE WICKED
4.7, DYING GASP
I do have paperback copies of BURIED STRANGERS and EVERY BITTER THING that I must read.
A couple of weeks ago, Leighton contacted me to say that he was going to ensure that a Kindle copy would be available of VINE IN THE BLOOD ahead of the paper version.
Click on the image to the left and you will be transported to Amazon.
Publishers blurb
It is the eve of the FIFA World Cup, the globe's premier sporting event. The host country is Brazil. A victory for the home team is inextricably linked to the skills of the country's principal striker, Tico "The Artist" Santos, the greatest player in the history of the sport. All the politicians in Brasilia, from the President of the Republic on down, have their seats squared-away for the finale, when they hope to see Argentina, Brazil's bitterest rival, humbled by the Brazilian eleven. But then, just three weeks before the first game, Juraci Santos, Tico's mother, is kidnapped. The star is distraught. The public is appalled. The politicians are outraged. And the pressure is on Chief Inspector Mario Silva to get her back.
Suspects aren't lacking. Among them, are a cabal of Argentineans, suspected of having spirited the lady away to put Tico off his game, the star's gold-digging, top-model girlfriend, whom his mother dislikes and has been trying to get out of his life, his principal rival, who wants to play in the World Cup in Tico's place, and the man whose leg Tico broke during a match, thereby destroying his career. In the end, Silva and his crew discover that the solution to the mystery is less complex - but entirely unexpected.
This book debuts in North America on December 27th, 2011.
It cannot be purchased in print, or by Kindle readers in the United States and Canada, until after that date.
Australian readers with a Kindle will find that the treasure chest of all 5 novels is available to them here on Amazon, at deliciously cheap prices. US and Canadian Kindle readers will have to be content with the first 4 in the series until December.
Leighton Gage's website
I am also looking forward to A Vine in the Blood, and I think it is quite funny to read about the plot because South America and the FIFA World Cup feature in my novel, The Cosy Knave. I doubt that anyone would mix them up, however.
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