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Jeffrey B. Burton

Jeffrey B. Burton is the author of The Chessman and The Eulogist. He is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and the Horror Writers Association and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with his family.

Joe Pike, Two Bullies, and a Stolen Car

By Jeffrey B. Burton

June 3, 2022

Ballsier than any Clint Eastwood line from the Dirty Harry franchise is one I read in the Robert Crais novel L.A. Requiem. Joe Pike had been framed for murder and, enroute to jail, pulls off a daring getaway. When questioned why he escaped by his private eye partner Elvis Cole, Pike ultimately responds “I don’t…

Creative Outlets and Other Such Crimes

By Jeffrey B. Burton

August 11, 2021

I dodged into the middle of the road. The car’s headlights were forty maybe fifty yards away. I held up both palms as though to wave the driver down, a look of terror smeared across my features. I glanced back from whence I’d fled; from the lakeside—from his lair—and saw the madman gaining on me.…

The Keepers by Jeffrey B. Burton: New Excerpt

By Jeffrey B. Burton

July 2, 2021

PROLOGUE LAST SUMMER I spent the bulk of the call with my eyes shut, thinking I was still asleep and in some kind of lucid dream. I may have even called the night sergeant out of the Chicago Police Department’s 12th District “Mom” before he barked at me to wake the hell up and get…

On Loving Domestic Thrillers

By Jeffrey B. Burton

July 9, 2020

Sure, I love me my Mitch Rapp and John Rain and Lucas Davenport and Jack Reacher and Charlie Parker and Bobby Lee Swagger, and I’ll continue reading each and every one of their books until I’m hauled out feet first. However, I’ve also found myself developing a deep and growing fondness for Domestic Thrillers. My…

The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton: New Excerpt

By Jeffrey B. Burton

May 18, 2020

CHAPTER 1 Christine Dack was hung over. It had been a crazy Chicago wedding weekend all right. How could it not be with her old sorority mates? Sure, even though she and Sierra had been besties from back in their AOII days at dear old Ski-U-Mah, Christine hadn’t been selected as one of Sierra’s bridesmaids.…

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