David Burton

Biography

David Burton has been a boat builder, sailor, and custom cabinetmaker and has traveled by thumb, motorcycle, and sailboat. Upon returning from sailing in the South Pacific, he turned to writing. His first published book was a mystery, Manmade for Murder (Write Way Publishing, 1997. Paperback, Worldwide Mysteries, 2000). It was a selection of the Detective Book Club. Hell Cop (Silver Lake Publishing, 2004), a supernatural adventure story, was his second published novel and won 3rd place at the 1998 Colorado Gold Writers Conference. The ebook version was a finalist for the EPPIE awards. Blood Justice, a vampire revenge novel, will be published by By Light Unseen Media in 2010.

He has also written screenplays, including an adaptation of his Hell Cop and Fear Killer novels. The screenplay adaptation of Hell Cop won 1st place at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference in 2002. Another screenplay, Time For Love, took 1st place at Pikes Peak in 2001. David now lives with his wife in Southern California and is working on more stories and characters that pass thorough his life and brain in both novel and screenplay form.
David Burton may be contacted at dcburtonjr [at] gmail [dot] com

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Series

The Blood Justice Books
Three women--vampires Simone Gireaux and Justine Kroft along with witch Theresa Diaz--fight a shadowy global underworld of ancient vampires and powerful magic-users in search of vengeance for the murder of Justine's only child and the recovery of Theresa's kidnapped daughter, Antonia. Assisted by Harry Frazer, a world-weary police detective deeply in love with Justine, the three friends pursue Antonia from California to South America to Europe, hunted themselves by relentless adversaries always a mere step behind them. They gradually uncover a plot that could end human civilization forever.
Blood Justice
Price: $4.99 USD.
Blood on the Water
Price: $4.99 USD.
Blood on the Bayou
Price: $4.99 USD.
Blood on the Mountain
Price: $4.99 USD.

Books

Blood on the Mountain
Series: The Blood Justice Books. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 73,410. Language: English. Published: August 2, 2023 by By Light Unseen Media. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Urban, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
Vampire friends Justine Croft and Simone Gireaux, with Justine's mortal lover, cop Harry Frazier, travel the world in pursuit of their abducted witch friend, Teresa Diaz, whose magic is being used by the ancient vampire Rubicon to potentially alter the balance of power between mortals and vampires.

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