The Hangman

Mary Burton is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty suspense novels including The Seventh Victim, Senseless, Merciless, and Dying Scream. 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 and/or place. She is a recipient of the prestigious RITA(R) Award from the Romance Writers of America, a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award-Finalist, and a RT Book Reviews' Critics Choice Award-nominee. A Virginia native, she is a graduate of the Henrico County Citizens Police Academy and the Richmond F.B.I. Citizen's Academy where she participated in Sisters in Crime's forensic university program. Readers can find her online at MaryBurton.com.