About the Author

Mary Burton loves writing suspense, getting to know her characters, keeping up with law enforcement and forensic procedures, morning walks, baking, and tiny dachshunds. She also enjoys hunting down serial killers, which she does in her New York Times and USA Today bestselling novels. 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. When it comes to research, she’s known for taking a hands-on approach, whether it means interviewing professionals, attending forensic seminars or studying evidence collection and analysis.

Mary is routinely featured among the top ten writers in Amazon’s Author Rankings for suspense, romantic suspense and thrillers. Her recent titles The Lies I Told, Don’t Look Now, Near You, Never Look Back, I See You, and Hide and Seek consistently rank high on the Kindle eBooks Store Bestseller List. She is a 2019 Montlake Romance Diamond Award winner signifying she’s reached one million readers.

Formerly a Richmond, Virginia native, Mary now resides on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. She’s a graduate of Virginia’s Hollins University and she worked in marketing before her first book was published in 2000. Today she’s the author of thirty-seven published novels and five novellas as Mary Burton and nine works of contemporary fiction as Mary Ellen Taylor, including Winter Cottage, Spring House, Honeysuckle Season, and the upcoming The Brighter the Light.

She is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Novelists, Inc. When not on the road for research or visits with readers at bookstores, book festivals and conferences, Mary remains very much a homebody. She and her husband spend time alternately enjoying their empty nest and spoiling their four-legged babies Buddy, Bella and Tiki.

Saving Hope

March 1, 2012

Shattered Silence

October 2, 2012

Scorned Justice

April 1, 2013

Severed Trust

October 15, 2013

I'll Never Let You Go

October 27, 2015

The Shark

May 24, 2016

The Dollmaker

November 15, 2016

The Hangman

April 25, 2017

Hide and Seek

April 23, 2019

I See You

October 8, 2019

The House Beyond the Dunes

September 5, 2023

The Shark

June 27, 2023

The Lies I Told

August 2, 2022

I'll Never Let You Go

January 25, 2022

Don't Look Now

September 28, 2021

Near You

April 13, 2021

Cover Your Eyes

December 29, 2020

Burn You Twice

September 29, 2020

Never Look Back

July 1, 2020

No Escape

July 28, 2020

I See You

October 8, 2019

Hide and Seek

April 23, 2019

Cut and Run

October 9, 2018

Dying Scream

May 29, 2018

Her Last Word

May 8, 2018

The Seventh Victim

January 30, 2018

Silver Bells

November 28, 2017

Merciless

September 26, 2017

The Last Move

September 19, 2017

The Hangman

April 25, 2017

I'm Watching You

April 25, 2017

The Dollmaker

November 15, 2016

The Shark

May 24, 2016

Vulnerable

March 29, 2016

I'll Never Let You Go

October 27, 2015

Be Afraid

April 28, 2015

Cover Your Eyes

October 28, 2014

Our First Christmas

September 30, 2014

You're Not Safe

March 25, 2014

No Escape

October 29, 2013

The Seventh Victim

January 29, 2013

The Unexpected Wife

April 12, 2012

The Lightkeeper's Woman

April 16, 2012

Heart of the Storm

February 15, 2012

Before She Dies

January 31, 2012

Merciless

February 1, 2011

Senseless

January 4, 2011

The Tracker

December 27, 2010

Dying Scream

December 1, 2009

Silver Bells

November 1, 2008

Dead Ringer

November 1, 2008

Cold Case Cop

January 1, 2008

I'm Watching You

December 4, 2007

Wise Moves

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The Arsonist

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A Season Of The Heart

October 1, 2005

In Dark Waters

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