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Stakeout! – The story that started it all!
Stripper! – The first volume in the Natalie McMasters Mysteries.
Killers! – The Natalie McMasters Mystery that won the Silver Falchion Award at the Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference.
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Release Day is 12/5/22
Plot/Idea: 8 out of 10
Originality: 9 out of 10
Prose: 8 out of 10
Character/Execution: 8 out of 10
Overall: 8.25 out of 10
Assessment:
Plot: A wild romp to find a murderer has a little bit of everything: gore, fun, and humor. The narration and action have tension throughout as the characters are on an intense mission. The author and characters have a strong passion for the plan that is laid out. This sixth installment in this series with these characters stands alone even though the characters continue to change and evolve throughout the series.
Prose: Dramatic and fast paced, the author has used direct and forthright texting language–sure to appeal to a broad contemporary audience.
Originality: The unique writing style is risky, but largely succeeds. Mixing the informal tone with gore and intense action as well as humor, creates an interesting contrast for the reader.
Character/Execution: The main character is a force who is humorous and pulls the other characters along with her. Side characters are well-developed and interact with the protagonist in a manner that enhances her personality.
And Now the Fun Really Begins
The first draft of the seventh book in the Natalie McMasters Musteries series is finally finished. It came in at about 72,000 words. It’s easily the most complex Natalie McMasters tale I’ve ever written.
I’ve scheduled the launch of the Kindle edition for December 5, 2022, with the paperback to follow soon afterwards. Between now and then I’ve got to produce a second draft and an edited, finished copy.
As for my earlier books, I’ve hired RaBT Book Tours to handle publicity chores and run a five-week blog tour starting in January. I’ll publish the blog tour schedule here when I have it.
It’s still not too late to join the street team for Sister! and receive an advance review copy (ARC). If you join, you’re making a commitment to read the ARC and to post a review on Amazon during release week. If you want to join, let me know through the contact form on this website.
Today’s stop on the Great Venom! Blog Tour is Texas Book Nook (https://www.texasbooknook.com/), who posted a great review.
I’m going to jump in with the others who so thoroughly enjoyed this book. You will be very pleasantly surprised on the deep and intriguing story you get out of it.
What a clever story with a wonderful balance of endearing moments and mystery.
Thomas A. Burns, Jr. has created a novel in which the main character shows growth. For me that is always something I look for in my favorite main characters. I love that this is a series in which we can watch her over the course of many books.
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Stripping for Clues
Stripper! was a great murder mystery involving the heroine Nattie McMasters. Nattie seems to be like all young wannabe detectives and is good at getting her nose in places she shouldn’t. Nattie meets a girl at the college, Becca, and before she knows it, she’s wrapped up so tightly in a whirlwind of murder, spying and stripping. Nattie really is an interesting character and Burns does a great job of introducing each character. Each character introduced to the plot was very aptly described and you could get a feel for what the character was going to provide. Sometimes it turned out to be a complete surprise! I enjoyed the book and am interested in Nattie’s future adventures.
Thanks to Helen Mathey-Horn
Natalie McMasters is a private investigator trainee and the narrator of this emotional, terror-steeped and frank novel of love, loss, desperation, enslavement and retribution. She’s good at surveillance, patient, calm and alert. She hasn’t had much training or experience in developing projects that consider all possible events and outcomes, so she travels on grit and instinct.
She’s married, to a young Latino lady who is in the states illegally and thus has no standing with ICE. When ICE comes looking, Lupe runs, leaving a distraught Natalie to wonder about the future. Natalie’s decision, after very little consideration is to go looking for Lupe. The trail leads to New York where Natalie becomes tangled with city law enforcement, a gaggle of street people, a detective from her hometown, and finally, an evil band of Albanian sex traffickers.
This explicitly written novel starts slowly and ramps up to a frenetic pace almost immediately as Natalie and her detective friend wander through some of the seamier sections of New York and encounter interesting characters on both sides of the law. Scenes are well developed and often gripping in substance. The author captures a good sense of the scenes and characters in the city and on the Albanian’s ship, in a very adult and explicit fashion.
To kick off the Stripper! Audiobook in a professional manner, I’ve organized a blog tour during the months of November and December. I’ll have different guest posts on each blog, so be sure to check them all out. I’ll edit this post to add more dates as I get them, so be sure to revisit it periodically.
| 10/29/19 Mysteristas https://mysteristas.wordpress.com/ 11/1/19 Mystery Writing is Murder https://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/ 11/2/19 Type M for Murder http://typem4murder.blogspot.com/ 11/3/19 Auntie M Writes https://auntiemwrites.com/ 11/4/19 Your Tax Matters Partner https://yourtaxmatterspartner.com/# 11/6/19 Maggie King’s Blog http://maggieking.com/blog/ 11/11/19 Judy Penz Sheluk Blog http://www.judypenzsheluk.com/blog/ 11/14/19 Heather Weidner’s Blog http://www.heatherweidner.com/ 12/4/19 Chicks on the Case https://chicksonthecase.com/ Date TBD Dec-19 Do You Write Under Your Own Name http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com/ Date TBD Vox Lit http://www.voxlit.co.uk/ | |
