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Neal Sanders retired from the corporate world in 2005 with an idea that he might try his hand at penning fiction. With the publication of 'Murder Brushed with Gold', he's now at 15 books, and has established a track record as a writer of exceptionally well-written and intricately plotted mysteries, many of them with a horticultural flavor and more than a few of them laugh-out-loud funny.
His forte is strong, independent women. Sometimes they solve crimes, sometimes they commit them, but the women are always interesting and someone you'd like to get to know better. While women are at the forefront of his work and the bloodshed is off-stage, calling his mysteries 'cozies' would be a mistake. His books deliver the kinds of twists that are found all too infrequently in that genre.
What also makes Neal's books stand out is the research that goes into them. Read one of his mysteries and you will come away knowing how to run a flower show, put together a corporate merger, build a house, rob a fair, run a Ponzi scheme, pilfer a nonprofit, run a romance scam, or be on trial for murder in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Both history and current events figure into many of his books. 'The Accidental Spy' not only accurately recreates the world of 1967, but also the infant semiconductor industry of that period. 'Murder in Negative Space' reaches back to Russian World War II heroes unknown outside that country. 'Murder Brushed with Gold', while set in the present, solves a murder within the art world of the late 19th Century. On the current events side, 'Fatal Equity' takes on the seamy side of the reverse mortgage industry, 'A Murder on the Garden Tour' examines Massachusetts' deadly Registry of Motor Vehicles scandal, 'Deadly Deeds' examines counterfeit auto parts, and 'Never Too Old to Lie' looks at the landmines inherent in senior dating.
While only one of his books ('Deal Killer') is set in the world of finance, numbers are never too far below the surface in his other books. Neal spent much of his career in corporate finance and knows how to explain things in an entertaining way. 'A Murder in the Garden Club' and 'How to Murder Your Contractor' provide a primer in the economics of building 'starter castles'; 'Deadly Deeds' will make you far more (and scarily) knowledgeable about retirement homes in general and Continuing Care Retirement Communities in particular; 'Fatal Equity' will give you second thoughts about reverse mortgages; and 'A Murder at the Flower Show' will give you a grounding in trade shows in general and flower and garden shows in particular.
Neal and his wife, Betty, make their home in suburban Boston. Their former home - a two-acre property - was part of the Garden Conservancy's 'Open Days' program and featured in the Wall Street Journal. Their current home of seven years has attracted the attention of conservation groups for its native plant landscaping and sustainable practices. He chronicles these gardens and his views on gardening in his widely read blog, 'The Principal Undergardener'.
Since 2013, his 'Gardening Is Murder', 'Gardening Is Painless (and other lies we tell ourselves)', and 'Strong Independent Women' talks have been heard at hundreds of organizations around New England and, more recently, across the United States.
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