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Dark Lava (Paradise Crime Mysteries, Book 7) Kindle Edition

by Toby Neal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,914 ratings
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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!

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Kirkus Reviews calls Neal's writing, "persistently riveting. Masterly."
 
Award-winning, USA Today bestselling social worker turned author Toby Neal grew up on the island of Kaua`i in Hawaii. Neal is a mental health therapist, a career that has informed the depth and complexity of the characters in her stories. Neal's police procedurals with multicultural detective Lei Texeira and a host of colorful side characters, explore the crimes and issues of Hawaii and are so popular that they've spawned a licensed fan fiction world on Amazon.

Neal focuses on mystery, but also writes action/adventure, romance and a line of apocalyptic romance thrillers, the Scorch Series, with Emily Kimelman. 

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00LLSZDOI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Neal Enterprises, Inc. (July 6, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 6, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
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***Kirkus Reviews calls Neal's writing, "persistently riveting. Masterly."***

Enjoy a brave female sleuth? Neal's Paradise Crime Mysteries, starring multicultural detective Lei Texeira, explore the crimes and issues of Hawaii from the bottom of the ocean to the top of volcanoes.

Spinoff Paradise Crime Thrillers, with Lei's friend Sophie, features a tech sleuth with a mean left hook on an ongoing vigilante justice manhunt.

Readers rave: "We love Toby's fast-paced, character-driven stories set in wonderful places. Nobody can read just one!"

Award-winning, USA Today bestselling social worker turned author Toby Neal grew up on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Neal is a mental health therapist, a career that has informed the depth and complexity of the characters in her stories.

You can get TWO FREE award-winning, full-length books by signing up for her email newsletter!

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Neal also writes romance under Toby Jane.

Toby's memoir, Freckled: a Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii, has been widely praised. Kirkus calls Freckled, "an affecting and riveting chronicle...in a Hawaii long lost." She writes memoirs under TW Neal.

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SERIES ORDER:

Paradise Crime Mysteries (with Lei)

Blood Orchids

Torch Ginger

Black Jasmine

Broken Ferns

Twisted Vine

Shattered Palms

Dark Lava

Fire Beach

Rip Tides

Bone Hook

Red Rain

Bitter Feast

Razor Rocks

Wrong Turn

Shark Cove

Hidden Falls

Paradise Crime Thrillers (with Sophie)

Wired In

Wired Rogue

Wired Hard

Wired Dark

Wired Dawn

Wired Justice

Wired Secret

Wired Fear

Wired Courage

Wired Truth

Wired Ghost

Wired Strong

Wired Revenge

Wired Target

Standalones:

Unsound (Dr. Wilson)

Stolen in Paradise (Special Agent Marcella Scott)

Island Fire (YA)

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V. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Newlyweds Lei and Stevens on the Job and Working It Out
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2018
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I started reading the Lei Crime series back in 2014 with book 1, Blood Orchids, and have loved them all. Detective Lei Texeira is a damaged but strong female protagonist. I've followed her journey in the Maui (Hawaii) Police Department as she's climbed through the ranks. Along the way she met Michael Stevens, also with the MPD. Their relationship was explosive, but they were obviously meant to be a couple. In book 7, they are newlyweds (finally!) and extremely committed to each other as well as their work. But Lei's work has found her being volunteered for the bomb squad and that's not a match made in heaven.

This installment sees Stevens participate in a much larger proportion of the story, while a parallel storyline follows Lei. In addition to the cases each encounter individually, they are met with major life-changing situations on both sides. On Stevens side, the baggage he brought with him into the relationship following their reuniting. On Lei's side, her own family matters and the predicament presented by Stevens recent history. And that's in addition to an underlying threat to them both regarding her previous police work.

Ms. Neal always incorporates scenes of Maui, the flora and fauna, the sights and smells of the ocean's unrelenting waves glistening in the sun, and the patois of the local population putting you square in the heart of Hawaii. Information about the island and the native peoples figure heavily with Stevens investigation into the desecration of priceless artifacts.

Lei has progressed well through the series installments, becoming stronger, more confident, and less neurotic. The characters that surround Lei were well developed in previous installments, have become solid fixtures, and are beginning to feel like old friends. I particularly enjoy their large and sweet Rottweiler, Keiki.

I received this free download from BookBub and appreciated the opportunity to read and review. Recommended for all who enjoy mysteries, thrillers and suspense, women sleuths, and police procedurals.
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J.C. Prins
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book For Readers of the Series
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2016
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This book is interesting and the mystery is unusual. However, the story would probably appeal more to readers familiar with the series due to the fact that so much of the drama involves events and people who appear in prior books. I am not sure that new readers will be properly invested in the numerous events that are extraneous, or only strenuously connected, to the primary mystery. Indeed, one of the primary mysteries involves the murder of a person who was pivotal in two earlier books and the fallout of that murder affects the main characters personally based on, in part, emotional and traumatic events that occurred in earlier novels. So much that happens in this book involves facts, characters, and events that appear and are fully explained before Hot Lava even starts. I personally started reading this series in the middle and was very disappointed in the book that I read first (Shattered Palms) due to how much of that story was based on important past history that was not adequately explained.

However, for readers of the series, the events pack a powerful punch. Indeed, the first crime presented in the book seems a little underwhelming given all of the turmoil occurring in Lei and Michael's lives. That turmoil is what grabs readers' emotions and real interest in my opinion.

I did have a few criticisms, mainly related to continuity issues. I can't describe many of the problems since it would reveal spoilers, but one example relates to whether a character was murdered given the lack of needle marks on her body, but that character was on a morphine drip so injecting a poison or an overdose could have easily been accomplished by injecting it into the IV tubing. In addition, some events and thoughts feel superficially facile. None of these detract substantially from the main action, but they create irritating little jabs to the story.

Overall, I recommend this book to fans of the series.
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MarieM
5.0 out of 5 stars Mahalo for another wonderful island adventure Toby Neal!
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2014
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Toby Neal is an excellent writer and her stories are fast-paced, well-plotted, and genuinely outstanding. This volume is like a fast train, it never slows down and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Protagonist police officers and newly married couple Lei and Stevens have action-filled adventures separately and together in this novel. The storyline involves damage to cultural artifacts as well as two murders to solve, but the emotional threads of the book are several and include the nature of family and community, profound loss and rebirth, and the healing nature of love and commitment. Author Neal is a practicing psychologist and her deep understanding of anguish and redemption shine throughout this book as in all of her works.

The backdrop of Hawaiian daily life and culture, the beauty of the islands, and fully developed highly functional and layered relationships, all come together to make this book, and the entire series and companion novels, a wonderful experience for the reader. I highly recommend this book and author.
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John A. Brissette
5.0 out of 5 stars another great page turner
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2023
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Another great summer page turner by Toby. Love this entire series. It’s even better if you’re reading it pool or beachside.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stolen ancient artifacts
Reviewed in Canada on January 25, 2024
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As usual there is a plethora of scary events for Lei and her new husband to deal with. Ancient artifacts are being stolen right out of old rock faces and there are always those that have bad agendas.
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john
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast-paced and Thrilling, but Heartwarming too
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2022
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My memory of some of the stories in the Lei Texeira series are a bit "middle of the road, aiming to cater
for all tastes". However, I found nothing mundane with Dark Lava - it's an exciting and well thought out thriller!
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ozzieinfrance
5.0 out of 5 stars Another first class crime mystery
Reviewed in France on January 15, 2018
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For those familiar with Toby Neal's books, you'll be thrilled to renew acquaintance with tough but vulnrrable female police detective Lei, her partner, her canine protector and her entourage . A gritty devious plot takes the reader through murders and violence in two intermingling investigations all set against the background of the unique Hawaiian cultural heritage.
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Manoj
2.0 out of 5 stars Too many helpful events
Reviewed in India on January 16, 2018
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Not much detective work. Things are revealed on its own. Need a bit more analytical work not just description of events.
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Elisa
5.0 out of 5 stars Another thrilling tale
Reviewed in Australia on January 23, 2017
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They say nothing goes easy for Lei and Michael but honestly this is what they do and they both love being in law enforcement, even when bad guys are trying to kill them, more bad guys are trying to set them up for murder and just for fun more bad guys are making their lives more complicated, but in Dark Lava there are also a few mixed blessings new life, loss of loved ones and just when you think things can't possible get worse they generally do.

Dark Lava was a brilliant read that had me holding my breath a lot there were sad moment, chilling moments and a few lovely moments.

There was just the right balance of everything, to make this another wonderful page turner I couldnt put down.
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