Book excerpt: Great News for Leeland Lake! March 2011 NEVERLAST by Leeland Lake is a winner! NEVERLAST is featured on crime writer's April Smith's website as the top finisher in March's writing contest. Read about it here: http://www.aprilsmith.net/2011/04/01/march-writing-contest-winner/ Fearing he's losing his wife, ex minor leaguer Matt Marinek seeks out an old boxing buddy from the "other" side of town. Gravel-voiced Vaughn McIntyre offers a "therapy" promising to alleviate Matt's anguish. Matt goes along, relying on athletic training methods and visualization techniques to "imagine" his wife out of his life. Now, Matt's in police custody, facing life in prison for ordering double murders he claims were "make believe." NEVERLAST is a gripping account of abandonment and betrayal that becomes a first-rate mystery as Matt seeks justice and forgiveness in Leeland Lake's newest page-turning crime novel. 289 pages. Crime/Suspense/Novel