Mary Burton King Releases BEATRICE BELLADONNA'S BLACK MAGIC WEB

Pataskala, Ohio

The new crime thriller "Beatrice Belladonna's Black Magic Web" (published by Xlibris) by Mary Burton King takes readers into the extreme world of a sociopathic serial killer on death row and begs the question: Are people born evil or does their environment make them that way?

King created Beatrice Belladonna - a voodoo priestess, black widow serial killer and cop killer - based on more than 20 years' experience in criminal investigative police work.

Just months from her state-sanctioned execution date, Beatrice accepts an offer for a televised interview. Yearning for posthumous notoriety, Beatrice tells her villainous story with a cold-blooded lack of remorse, revealing the elation she felt after each kill.

Early in the interview, Beatrice questions whether the interviewer believes people are born evil or become evil based on the circumstances of their lives. She then reveals a tragic childhood marked by sexual abuse committed by her stepfather and her mother's abandonment, attributing her life of crime to the nastiness she knew as a child.

"It has all the elements of a great novel: murder, intrigue, mystery and voodoo," King says. "It reminds readers to beware of alluring, sexy vixens bearing gifts."

"Beatrice Belladonna's Black Magic Web"
By Mary Burton King
Hardcover | 6 x 9 in | 210 pages | ISBN 9781493181513
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 210 pages | ISBN 9781493181506
E-Book | 210 pages | ISBN 9781493181520
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

About the Author
Mary Burton King has a bachelor's in sociology and criminal justice and a master's of forensic science. She is a retired naval officer with 21 years active duty and five years Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) in Rota, Spain. She has more than 20 years of law enforcement experience. "Beatrice Belladonna's Black Magic Web" is her fourth book.

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