Leighton Gage has lived in Australia, Europe, and South America and traveled widely in Asia and Africa. He visited Spain in the time of Franco, Portugal in the time of Salazar, South Africa in the time of apartheid, Chile in the time of Pinochet, Argentina in the time of the junta, Prague, East Germany, and Yugoslavia under the Communist yoke. He is fluent in three languages and conversant in three more.

Dying Gasp, his third book in the series of Mario Silva investigations, will be published in January of 2010.

He has a daughter and three grandchildren in Paris, a daughter in The Netherlands, and two more in the United States. He and his wife spend much of their time in Brazil, her native country.

	Buried Strangers ISBN: 1569475148 ISBN-13: 978-1569475140 Trade Cloth: 304 pages $24.00 Read an Excerpt from Buried Strangers. Where to Buy: Amazon Find an independent bookseller near you.
	Blood of the Wicked ISBN: 1569474702 ISBN-13: 978-1569474709 Trade Paperback: 304 pages $13.00 Read an Excerpt from Blood of the Wicked. Where to Buy: Amazon Find an independent bookseller near you. Buy in Brazil

"Gage’s talents include not only captivating characters and realistic plots, but also an intensely realized sense of place and an urelentingly fast pace that yanks the reader from beginning to end, unable to stop or pause, just as the cops are unable to take a day off. Silva just may be South America’s Kurt Wallander."

- Booklist

"...top notch..."

- New York Times

"...powerful and gripping..."

- Florida Sun Sentinel

"...intelligent and subtle…suspenseful and sophisticated..."

- Publisher’s Weekly

"...Highly recommended..." (Starred Review)

- Library Journal

"...compelling…an impressive tapestry of believable characters..."

- Kirkus Reviews

"...strongly written and powerful..."

- Mysterious Reviews