The Hangman cover and release date

The cover for Mary Burton's THE HANGMAN, The Forgotten Files Book 3I’m excited to share the final art and the confirmed release date (4/25/17) for The Hangman, Book 3 of my The Forgotten Files novels. I hope you like the cover as much as I do.  The Hangman is Virginia State Police Agent Juila Vargas and Richmond Homicide Detective Tobias Novak’s story of their pursuit of a long dormant, twisted serial killer with ties to Julia’s past. More about the book, an excerpt and pre-order links can be found here.

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Countdown to The Hangman Giveaway

Cover of Mary Burton's THE HANGMAN

It’s ten weeks (actually 69 days but who’s counting?) until 4/25/17, the release date for The Hangman, the third of my The Forgotten Files novels. I think it’s a perfectly good time to celebrate the series and the new book with the first of several Countdown Giveaways.  So, while you’re getting ready for Virginia State Police Agent Julia Vargas and Richmond Homicide Detective Tobias Novaks’ story of their pursuit of this twisted killer, here’s a chance to read excerpts of all three novels via the links here and to enter below to win the earlier books, The Shark and The Dollmaker.

Good luck to all!

 

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A New Killer Recipe for St. Valentine’s Day

I feel as if it’s been forever since I shared a new Killer Recipe and, looking back, it has been. So I headed into the kitchen to experiment a bit and happily ended up with Chocolate Raisin Oatmeal Cookies that made me and my sweet tooth very happy and disappeared very quickly.  I was not the only culprit.

So, just in time to be a sweet Valentine’s Day treat, here’s the recipe. Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE RAISIN OATMEAL COOKIES

 

Cookies on plate next to full teacup1-3/4 sticks butter, softened
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
1/4 cup nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together sugars and then mix in eggs one at a a time. Add vanilla. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Mix dry ingredients into the butt/sugar mixture. Mix  oin oats, chocolate chips, raisins and nuts. Measure out a tablespoon amount of dough, roll into a ball and place onto a greased or parchment lined baking sheet.

Bake for 12-15 minutes.

Image of red heartServe with love.

 

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