Leigh Collins Books in Order

The Leigh Collins books are legal thrillers with a strong interest in science, technology, and the people who stand to gain when important information disappears. Leigh is a sharp insurance litigator, comfortable with dense records and difficult cases. That makes her a useful guide through stories where the legal fight is only the first layer of the problem.

The series begins with The Enoch Effect. Leigh is working a major insurance claim after a fire destroys the laboratory of cancer researcher Dr. Elijah Rhodes. His company, Biosolutions, wants to collect on a huge policy, and Leigh expects a hard courtroom battle with the company's lawyer, Daniel Rubinelli.

Then the case changes shape. Rhodes may have discovered a way to destroy cancer cells, and there are signs that his research survived the fire in encrypted form. Leigh and Daniel, initially opponents, have to put aside their conflict and find the data before someone else does. The book combines litigation, biotech questions, and a murder investigation without losing sight of what the research could mean for ordinary lives.

The science is part of the danger, not just decoration.

In Secrets, Leigh takes on a different kind of high-pressure dispute. Silicon Valley billionaire Scott Sherman has died, leaving behind secrets tied to an aerospace startup called Space Pirates, Inc. A Russian scientist claims the company used stolen data, and the lawsuit could stop its work just as it approaches a major discovery.

Leigh leads the defense and builds a small team that includes computer expert Kevin Fang and Russian-American detective Sergei Spassky. The case is complicated by the fact that the scientist's daughter works on the startup's scientific team. As the team digs deeper, the question becomes more than who owns the data. Someone has reasons to keep the truth buried.

Together, the books make a case-driven series rather than a single long mystery. Leigh is the connection, and each novel gives her a fresh professional challenge with consequences that reach beyond a settlement or verdict. The tone is fast, practical, and grounded in legal pressure, even when the subject matter moves toward cancer research or space technology.

Begin with The Enoch Effect. It introduces Leigh and sets the pattern for the series, then Secrets gives her a new case with familiar strengths: competing claims, technical facts, hidden motives, and a legal problem that becomes personal.