In 2007, Marco Conelli introduced readers to the unusual and unique Matthew Livingston. The high school senior and reluctant prodigy turned crime solver reintroduced the Young Adult genre to Teen-Sleuths. At this time Marco was already 17 years into his career as a NYC Police Detective and some of his experiences were rubbing off on his writing. Certainly not unusual for someone in law enforcement to turn crime writer, but Marco was the only one doing it in the YA field.
After a year and a half of touring Marco had been compiling ideas for a follow up to Matthew Livingston and The Prison of Souls. In 2009 book 2 in the series was released. Matthew Livingston and the Millionaire Murder pushes the limits of suspense with an interesting  plot that sees young Matthew dive feverishly into an investigation that leads to him bumping heads with the local police department.
2010 saw Matthew Livingston and the Politics of Death hit the bookstores. Now a maniacal killer holds a town hostage with cryptic threats after killing a political candidate.Matthew runs headlong into a mystery where failure is not an option.
Through and through Marco Conelli has delivered a series that continues to thrill young readers while inspiring their imaginations.
Highly enticing stories, not to be missed!
                                  - Midwest Book Review
l-r, artist depiction of Matthew Livingston, Dennis Sommers, Sandra Small
 Marco Conelli