Mary Burton
1) Dead ringer
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English
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Reprinted Edition
Some Nightmares...
Beside each body, he leaves a simple charm bearing a woman's name. Ruth. Martha. Judith. The victims were strangers to each other, but they have been chosen with the utmost care. Each bears a striking resemblance to Kendall Shaw, a local anchorwoman. . .each brutally strangled by a madman whose obsession will never end...
Don't Fade. . .
In front of the cameras,...
Some Nightmares...
Beside each body, he leaves a simple charm bearing a woman's name. Ruth. Martha. Judith. The victims were strangers to each other, but they have been chosen with the utmost care. Each bears a striking resemblance to Kendall Shaw, a local anchorwoman. . .each brutally strangled by a madman whose obsession will never end...
Don't Fade. . .
In front of the cameras,...
2) Merciless
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Pub. Date
2011
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English
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No Pity
Each skeleton is flawless--gleaming white and perfectly preserved, a testament to his skill. Every scrap of flesh has been removed to reveal the glistening bone beneath. And the collection is growing. . .
No Compassion
When bleached human bones are identified as belonging to a former patient of Dr. James Dixon, Detective Malcolm Kier suspects the worst. Dixon was recently acquitted of attempted murder,...
Each skeleton is flawless--gleaming white and perfectly preserved, a testament to his skill. Every scrap of flesh has been removed to reveal the glistening bone beneath. And the collection is growing. . .
No Compassion
When bleached human bones are identified as belonging to a former patient of Dr. James Dixon, Detective Malcolm Kier suspects the worst. Dixon was recently acquitted of attempted murder,...
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"Motivated by her brother's unlawful conviction and subsequent death in prison, public defender Rachel Wainwright requests a DNA test for a man who was sent to prison thirty years ago for a murder he claims he didn't commit. Concerns rise when a new string of similar murders occur"--
4) Be afraid
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English
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Determined to find closure, forensic artist Jenna Thompson, haunted by the brutal murder of her family, returns to Nashville where she is faced with a new horror when she helps Detective Rick Morgan identify the remains of a young child that is linked to a recent spate of killings - and her past.
5) The hangman
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Series
(Mary T.).Forgotten files volume 3
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Julia Vargas is a cop with a mission. When shes not chasing down bad guys, Julia dedicates her time to investigating the Hangman serial killer...the same unsolved case that her father, Jim Vargas, was working on when he supposedly shot and killed himself three decades before. While rumors continue to swirl around her fathers death, Julia attempts to hunt down the truth. The case once again hits dangerously close, however, when a womans bones are...
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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He will never forget. The broken body hanging from a tree in Texas Hill Country --the frozen figure huddled in a meat locker --only at second glance does the truth become apparent. What seems like suicide is far more sinister, and the terror is only beginning.
7) Cut and run
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English
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Medical examiner Faith McIntyre is called in on the case of an unconscious woman clinging to life after a hit and run. The woman is FBI agent Macy Crow is Faith's mirror image-- the twin sister she never knew she had. Faith knew that she was adopted, but now she and Texas Ranger Mitchell Hayden are following a trail of clues Macy left behind. They make a shocking discovery on an isolated country ranch: a burial ground for three women who disappeared...
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
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Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
479 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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English
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"Lara Church has only hazy memories of her long-ago attack. What she does have is a home in Austin, a job, and a chance at a normal life at last. Then Texas Ranger James Beck arrives on her doorstep with shattering news: The Strangler is back. And this time, he's in Austin"--Page 4 of cover.
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Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Fourteen years ago, Kaitlin Roe was the lone witness to the abduction of her cousin Gina. She still remembers that lonely Virginia road. She can still see the masked stranger and hear Gina's screams. And she still suffers the guilt of running away in fear and resents being interrogated as a suspect in the immediate aftermath. Now Kaitlin has only one way to assuage the pain and nightmares--by interviewing everyone associated with the unsolved crime...
10) Don't look now
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Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Austin homicide detective Jordan Poe is hunting a serial killer she fears is the same man who assaulted her sister, Avery, two years ago. The details line up: the victims are the same age, same type, dead by the same grim MO. Luckily Avery survived. But the terrible memories linger, making Jordan more determined than ever to stop this monster in his tracks. Texas Ranger Carter Spencer isn't one to poach on a detective's territory. Yet no matter how...
11) No Escape
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013.
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Center Point Large Print edition.
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462 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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English
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He Was Taught How To Kill
Even behind bars, serial killer Harvey Day Smith exudes menace. Psychologist Jolene Granger has agreed to hear his dying confession, vowing not to let the monster inside her head. And Harvey has secrets to share-about bodies that were never found, and about the apprentice who is continuing his grisly work. . .
And Now He'll Teach Them
He buries his victims alive the way his mentor Harvey did, relishing their final screams...
12) Dying scream
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 18 cm
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English
Description
The killing just won't stop as a ruthless psychopath revisits his greatest obsession-but this time, a Richmond, Virginia, homicide detective is determined to stop him in his bloody tracks . . .
An aspiring artist. A high-school senior. A stripper. Three missing women with only one thing in common-wealthy Craig Thornton knew them all. For that, they paid the ultimate price.
When Craig's widow, Adrianna, begins to receive cards and flowers from...
13) Senseless
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Pub. Date
2011
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406 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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Every serial killer knows ...
The vicious burns scarring the victims' flesh reveal the agony of their last moments. Each woman was branded with a star, then stabbed through the heart. With every death, a vengeful killer finds a brief, blissful moment of calm. But soon it's time for the bloodshed to start again ...
The Perfect Time ...
Ten years ago, Eva Rayburn and her sorority sisters were celebrating the end of the school year. That party...
14) The shark
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Series
(Mary T.).Forgotten files volume 1
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
At the grisly murder scene of a teen prostitute, Virginia state trooper Riley Tatum's past roars back to haunt her. When she was a teenage runaway, she was kidnapped, drugged, and left unconscious on the streets. She has no memories of what happened, only strange recurring dreams of two men playing cards. Former FBI agent Clay Bowman, Riley's old flame, is Shield Security's newest member. He's plagued by the unsolved case of a serial killer nicknamed...
15) Never look back
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Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2020]
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326 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"After multiple women go missing, Agent Melina Shepard of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation makes the impulsive decision to go undercover as a prostitute. While working the street, she narrowly avoids becoming a serial killer's latest victim; as much as it pains her to admit, she needs backup. Enter lone wolf FBI agent Jerrod Ramsey. Stonewalled by a lack of leads, he and Melina investigate a scene where a little girl has been found abandoned...
16) Near you
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Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2021]
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337 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"Forensic psychologist and single mother Ann Bailey has joined forces with Montana Highway Patrol officer Bryce McCabe. An expert in untangling the motives of depraved minds, Ann is tasked to help solve the mystery of two murdered women doused with gasoline and set aflame. It's not hard for Ann to be reminded of the charismatic Elijah Weston, who served a decade in prison for arson--a crime that nearly cost Ann her life. Elijah may have been exonerated,...
17) Hide and seek
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Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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She's hunting. He's watching. Special Agent Macy Crow is a survivor. After a vicious hit-and-run nearly kills her, she gets right back to work, and now she's gunning for a spot on the FBI's elite profiling team. As an audition, she offers to investigate the recently discovered bones of Tobi Turner, a high school girl who disappeared fifteen years ago. While investigating with local sheriff Mike Nevada, a former colleague and onetime lover, Macy discovers...
18) I see you
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Series
(Mary T.).Criminal profiler volume 2
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
"FBI special agent Zoe Spencer uses skeletal remains to recreate the faces of murder victims through sculpture. Though highly scientific, the process is also sensitive and intimate; she becomes attached to the individuals she identifies, desperate to find justice for each. As Zoe examines old remains, she sees a teenage girl looking back at her--the victim in a cold case from over a decade ago. Zoe wants nothing more than to tell this young woman's...
19) The Dollmaker
Author
Series
(Mary T.).Forgotten files volume 2
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
Dr. Tessa McGowan teams up with her estranged husband to find out who's kidnapping women and altering their faces to resemble real, life-size dolls.
20) The last move
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Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2017]
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326 pages ; 21 cm
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English
Description
An urgent call brings FBI agent Kate Hayden back to San Antonio, the scene of her violent past. A brutal new murder shows hallmarks of a serial killer nicknamed the Samaritan. Tricky part is, Kate already caught him. Did she make an error, or is it a copycat? Paired with homicide detective Theo Mazur, Kate faces an enemy who knows her intimately. When a second body is found, the mode of death is identical to a different case that Kate had worked on....