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Summer is definitely here!
The thermometer in my car hit 103 degrees as I pulled into the Carytown shopping center in mid June for Creatures 'n Crooks Bookshoppe's monthly Mystery Book Club meeting.
The group chose I'M WATCHING YOU as their featured selection. Despite the heat wave, it was great fun discussing books with this fun group of gals.

If I'm not writing these days, I'm chasing my two miniature Dachshund puppies, Buddy and Bella now six months old. Favorite Dachshund activities: barking, chewing shoes, barking, chasing (but never catching) squirrels and barking.

I've listed my Summer Calendar and you'll see that my life won't be slowing down in the foreseeable future!
Look for me in a Christmas anthology this year with Fern Michaels and JoAnn Ross and in November with DEAD RINGER, the follow up to I’M WATCHING YOU.
If you haven’t entered my contest to win a Mary Burton is Suspense mug, sign up now! I’ve just a few left and would love to give them away to readers!

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Events! Summer & Fall Schedule:
- July 19 | Booksigning
Barnes and Noble
Tidewater, VA
- July 21 | Light Bulb Moments!
Henrico County Library
Gayton Branch
- July 30 | Romance Writer’s of America
Literacy Signing | San Francisco Marriott Hotel
San Francisco, CA
- October 9 | Bouchercon 2008
Mystery Writer’s of America’s conference
Baltimore, MD
- October 10 | The Fun and Money of the Romance Genre
James River Writers Conference
Library of Virginia
Richmond, VA
- October 18
Book ‘em
Waynesboro, VA
- November 10
Virginia Romance Writers
Chesapeake Romance Writers Conference
Williamsburg, VA
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News!
- Look for me in a Christmas anthology this year with Fern Michaels and JoAnn Ross and in November with DEAD RINGER, the follow up to I’M WATCHING YOU.
- I'M WATCHING YOU was a Main Selection of the Doubleday Book Club, the Rhapsody Book Club, the Mystery Guild, and the Literary Guild.

- DRAWING! Sign my mailing list--both snail mail and my new e-mail newsletter. When you do so, you're automatically entered in a drawing for my I'm Watching You Mug and bookmark.
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"Cold Case Cop grabs your attention from the first page. With a deftly plotted story, appealing characters, snappy dialogue and a few surprises, Mary Burton has produced a winner!"
Romantic Times BOOK Reviews
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