Toby Neal

Characters, crime & roses—A chat with Toby Neal

How can you get a copy of a Rough Road, a Sydney Rye Universe novella? Read this interview and find out. Toby Neal hit the best-seller lists five years ago with Blood Orchids, her first novel and the opening of the mystery fan favorite Lei Crime series. Now with over 20 titles on Amazon’s virtual […]

Sydney Rye Kindle World Week: Rough Road by Toby Neal

Day 4 of Sydney Rye Kindle World Week The new Sydney Rye Kindle World launches today—Thursday, March 17. As an extended St. Paddy’s Day present from me to you, valued readers, Written Words presents excerpts from each of the seven novellas in the project. Today’s installment is from the author who introduced me to the Kindle Worlds concept, the […]

Cover reveal! Palm Trees & Snowflakes—a new Lei Crime mystery

I did it! I wrote a 10,000-word mystery story for the Lei Crime Kindle World in four days at the beginning of December. Since then, I’ve re-written it, shaved it down by 1,000 words, gotten it reviewed, changed it again, got it edited and got a fantastic cover image by the matchless David C. Cassidy. […]

All this week, Written Words is publishing excerpts from books by fellow author-members of the Jet and Lei Crime Kindle worlds. Today, I’m taking the unusual step and featuring my own Lei Crime novella, Torn Roots. By Scott Bury The man stopped a few yards from them. “Rowan Fields, come with me,” he demanded. He had short-cropped, […]

Excerpt week: Nightbird, a JET Kindle World novella

By Toby Neal All this week, Written Words is publishing excerpts from books by fellow author-members of the Jet and Lei Crime Kindle worlds. Today, enjoy this taste of Toby Neal’s Jet novella, Nightbird. There was never anything good in the news, nothing but more bombings and destruction. Dr. Lila Weiss wondered why she even […]