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Christmas Past - Short Story
Christmas Past - Short Story
Oct 10, 2024 3:21 AM

Author:Mary Burton

Christmas Past - Short Story

Christmas Past is a seasonal, serial-killer-thriller from New York Times bestselling author, Mary Burton.

Photographer Nicole Piper just received a very unwelcome Christmas gift - a letter that holds clues to an elusive killer's identity. Uncovering the truth means enlisting homicide detective David Ayden's help, and embarking on a road trip that will take them both into the heart of danger and desire . . .

Christmas Past is a pacy, action-packed novella that's guaranteed to send chills down your spine - the perfect Christmas scare-fest that will appeal to fans of Tess Gerritsen, Kathy Reichs and Karin Slaughter. Mary Burton's other titles include I'm Watching You, The 7th Victim and No Escape.

Praise for Mary Burton:

'A twisted tale . . . I couldn't put it down' Lisa Jackson

'Will have readers sleeping with the lights on' Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Mary Burton is the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of I'm Watching You, Dead Ringer, Dying Scream, Senseless, Merciless, Before She Dies and The 7th Victim - all set in Virginia, USA, where Mary lives with her family.

Reviews

A book of immense charm; a sort of P G Wodehouse meets Alexander McCall Smith

—— Joanne Harris , on A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

A delightful comedy... It invites comparison to The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency books, but it's original and, if anything, has more depth

—— Daily Mail on A Guide to the Birds of East Africa

A gentle alternative world just waiting to be explored...put aside your woes and cares and give yourself a treat

—— Guy Pringle , newbooks

Written with the muscular force of Lee Child and the geo-political foresight of Frederick Forsyth, it announces the arrival of a new heroine.

—— Daily Mail

With exotic locations, a twisty plot and plenty of violent action, it’s a fresh and punchy thriller.

—— Sunday Mirror

Lean and mean thriller featuring Vanessa Michael Munroe … owes much to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But Stevens stamps the novel with her own bleak, punishing, bullet-flying outlook …Out of that gloomy intensity comes edgy suspense.

—— Kirkus

Stevens’s harrowing third Vanessa Michael Munroe novel…Munroe remains as compelling as ever: violent yet protective of innocence, imprisoned by not only her past but also the choices she has made in response to it, and painfully conscious of her closeness to sanity’s edge

—— Publishers Weekly

A globe-trotting thriller. . . . The Informationist is an accessible, crisply told tale

—— NYTimes.com

Stevens’s blazingly brilliant debut introduces a great new action heroine, Vanessa Michael Munroe, who doesn’t have to kick over a hornet’s nest to get attention, though her feral, take-no-prisoners attitude reflects the fire of Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander….Thriller fans will eagerly await the sequel to this high-octane page-turner.

—— Publishers Weekly

A heroine every bit as provocative as Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander.

—— The Dallas Morning News

Part Lisbeth Salander, part Jason Bourne, Munroe comes out swinging hard again. . . . A gritty, suspenseful novel.

—— Library Journal
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