Bøger af Thomas A Burns

Who's your daddy?Award-winning author Thomas A Burns Jr. spins another mind-blowing tale about twentysomething detective Natalie McMasters and her unlikely family that's torn from today's headlines. This time Nattie is preggers (?!) and unsure of the father. The candidates? Her husband Danny, the love of her life, or her biological father, who cruelly had his way with her.Complicating the situation, her Uncle Amos's 3M Detective Agency is hemorrhaging money, and even the estate that houses Nattie, the agency and the fam is at risk.Her quakeworthy solution? An infamous social media influencer and unapologetic misogynist is bringing his totally unwoke nude beauty pageant to Capital City and wants to hire 3M to provide security for its million-dollar prize. Her hormones raging, Nattie gets it that a cool mil would make all her money troubles vanish. But she doesn't know that a malevolent enemy from her past is back and gunning for her...Meanwhile, her foster son Eduardo has his own problems. Humiliated at school, he falls under a deadly influence that sends him racing toward an unimaginable act of violence that will change his young life forever.The astonishing ending is like nothing you've ever seen in contemporary crime fiction and will totally leave you reeling.You'll truly get why Natalie McMasters is "a detective for the new millennium".

Sister! has been chosen as a finalist for the 2023 Silver Falchion Award (Best Books of 2022) in the Action/Adventure category at the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference! (https: //www.killernashville.com/2023-silver-falchion-winners). What do you do when you find out your twin sister is a stone-cold killer? Love her anyway! Twentysomething detective Natalie McMasters comes face-to-face with the awesome power of money and privilege in her latest adventure. After she finds out that she has a twin sister who's committed a heinous crime, her son Eduardo falls into the clutches of a perverted billionaire who plays with peoples lives for sport. Getting into his futuristic walled estate is a piece of cake, but getting out again is another matter entirely. While her friends and fam battle endless frustrations trying to convince the cops and the courts that Nattie and Eduardo are in deadly danger, Nattie plays a risky game with a malignant narcissist, his venomous consort, and some unexpected houseguests, fighting for the souls of her sister and her son. How can she ever succeed against such impossible odds? The twisted ending packs a punch you won't soon forget! Sister! is the perfect read for fans of Karin Slaughter, Ruth Ware and Mary Kubica.

A crazed sniper. A loved one wounded, in danger of death. The unforgiving Fake News media. And a hidden villain more loathsome than any that Natalie McMasters has encountered before.Nattie's in the crosshairs as a series of seemingly random shootings terrorizes the city. She must fight to keep her polyamorous family from disintegrating, her emotions from running wild and her personal integrity uncompromised. This would be a formidable task for anyone, much less a twentysomething college student who just wants to graduate and get on with her life. Nattie must rely on old friends and new, but how can she even, when friends can become enemies in the blink of an eye? As Nattie nears an emotional meltdown, society collapses along with her, as the sniper's depredations take their toll on the city.Sniper! is a twisted, sexy, absolutely gripping descent into darkness jam packed with nail-biting suspense. Don't miss it!

Natalie McMasters is twenty, short and blonde (OK, it's bleached), a way cute former stripper and a pre-law student at State. Nattie also works as a private detective at her uncle's 3M Detective Agency. She's deeply in love with her girlfriend Lupe, also a former stripper and undocumented immigrant, who's now a pole-dancing instructor at a local gym. They've finally gotten Lupe's eight-year-old son Eduardo into public school, and it looks like the American Dream may soon become a reality for their little family.That is until a steamy video of Nattie and Lupe appears on the campus-wide closed-circuit TV system. The video is only the first of a series of distressing events that affects every aspect of Nattie's life and threatens the well-being of her family and friends as well. What could Nattie have possibly done in her short life to deserve the callous revenge her unseen tormentor is so brutally exacting?Revenge! is ripped from today's headlines and full of the unexpected plot twists and non-stop action that Nattie's fans have come to expect. It has a shocking ending that you won't see coming, even though all the clues are there.

Killers! has won the 2022 Silver Falchion Award (Best Books of 2021) in the Action/Adventure category at the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference! (https: //killernashville.com/2022-killer-nashville-silver-falchion-award-finalists/) Her dead father once asked, "What did you do to make God sad, Nattie?"Natalie McMasters is a twentysomething college student who just wants to get on with her life, and she's got to wonder. Her dear friend lies dead and the crazed killer responsible now has Nattie on his short list. Her only choice? Cancel him before he cancels her!Nattie assembles an unlikely squad to find the killer: her wife Lupe, her husband Danny, an aging FBI agent and an even more ancient Tai Chi master. Jointly and separately, they embark on a totally lit road trip across the Old South, meeting danger and death at every turn. Unexpected help is provided by a voice from the grave. But her adversary has a badass squad too, and friends and loved ones fall along the way.Naked and afraid in a primeval swamp, Nattie must confront her greatest enemy one last time. How will she ever get the W?