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Mary Burton

Mary Burton loves writing suspense, researching law enforcement and forensic procedures, morning walks, baking, books, and tiny dachshunds. She also enjoys hunting down serial killers, which she does in her New York Times and USA Today bestselling novels of suspense and romance. Library Journal has compared her work to that of Lisa Jackson and Lisa Gardner, and Fresh Fiction likened her writing to that of James Patterson. Mary is routinely featured among the top twenty writers in Amazon’s Author Rankings for romantic suspense, and her recent novel The Last Move claimed the number ten fiction slot in the Kindle eBooks Store. Research is a favorite part of Mary’s day. She never tires of learning more about police work, evidence collection and analysis. She’s known for taking a hands-on approach, whether it means interviews with professionals in the field, forensic seminars or lessons at the firing range. A Richmond native, Mary has lived there for most of her life. She is a graduate of Virginia’s Hollins University and worked in marketing before she began writing full time. Her first book was published in 2000 and she’s now the author of thirty-four published novels, five novellas and four works of contemporary women’s fiction written as Mary Ellen Taylor. A member of International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Novelists, Inc., and Romance Writers of America, Mary is known for creating multiple suspense stories connected by characters, such as her recent The Forgotten Files novels. Her new book, Her Last Word, and The Last Move, break that mold. When not traveling for research or visiting with readers at bookstores, book festivals and conferences, Mary remains very much a homebody. She and her husband spend time alternately enjoying and lamenting their empty nest and spoiling their four-legged babies Buddy, Bella and Tiki.

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The Shark

The Shark

What She Saw

What She Saw

2025
Another Girl Lost

Another Girl Lost

2024
The House Beyond the Dunes

The House Beyond the Dunes

2023
The Lies I Told

The Lies I Told

2022
Don't Look Now

Don't Look Now

2021
Never Look Back

Never Look Back

2020
Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

2019
Cut and Run

Cut and Run

2018
Her Last Word

Her Last Word

2018
The Last Move

The Last Move

2017
The Dollmaker

The Dollmaker

2016
Our First Christmas

Our First Christmas

2014

with Lisa Jackson, Mary Carter and Cathy Lamb

The Seventh Victim

The Seventh Victim

2013
Silver Bells

Silver Bells

2008

with Fern Michaels, JoAnn Ross and Judy Duarte

A Hero's Kiss: The Founding Father / Wild West Wager / Snow Maiden

A Hero's Kiss: The Founding Father / Wild West Wager / Snow Maiden

2003

with Diana Palmer and Judith Stacy