RELEASE TOUR – The Burnt by Peter E. Fenton
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡?
The Burnt is the third book in the Declan Hunt Mysteries series.
Finding work-life balance isn’t always easy when you’re sleeping with the boss. Charlie Watts is stressed as he studies for his private investigator’s license, starts taking on his own cases and navigates his relationship with Declan Hunt. He thinks he can handle it, but every time their relationship is going well, work always gets in the way.
While Charlie investigates a threatening note that appears to be from a boy who mysteriously disappeared ten years ago, Declan tries to find the meaning behind the final words of a man who was brutally murdered. As Declan and Charlie work to solve these mysteries, secrets from the past are exposed, Charlie is haunted by ghostly dreams and Declan is forced to confront some terrible truths from a hidden past.
Ultimately, the truth will be revealed, but at what cost? And will Declan and Charlie be able to solve the mystery of where they want to go next with their relationship before things at work take a terrible turn?
Length: 60,000 words
Series: The Declan Hunt Mysteries Book #3
Prior Reading: recommended
Genre: detective/mystery
Tropes: Mystery, Hot Detective, Age Gap, Workplace Romance, Canadian Romance, Multiple POV, Hidden Past
Trigger/Content Warnings: While the murders in this book are not graphic, there are three deaths in the book that are described in general terms. There is a description of a ghost that has been burned in a fire…not graphic, but it could be triggering for someone who is triggered by fire. The sex is mostly closed door or fade to black.
Publisher: Entwined Publishing
Exclusive Excerpt – Interview with the characters from The Burnt
What was your writing process like for this book?
The author has decided to pass this question on to two of his characters.
Declan: “I’ve been with this author for three books now and I’m not sure he has a writing process. He starts off with an idea, which obviously links to me, and a rough idea of how the story ends, then he lets us run with it.”
Charlie: “Well, he is in control because he does write everything down as we do it.”
Declan: “He’s a glorified typist.”
Charlie: “I’ve heard him talk about the process. He lets us try things out—”
Declan: “And when he doesn’t like what we’re doing he starts us over and it’s up to us again.”
Charlie: “Come on. He’s not that hopeless.”
Declan: “In Mann Hunt he had the wrong killer at first. And he’s the writer!”
Charlie: “According to his partner Scott there were several options he could have made, and Scott thought the one he ended up with was stronger.”
Declan: “So, now Scott’s the writer?”
Charlie: “No! He’s the story editor. He makes sure that what Peter writes is clear. Writing’s a team sport.”
Declan: “So, I’m right when I say Peter has no plan at the start.”
Charlie: “Yeah, that’s right…in a way. No plan, but process. And it’s an organic one that experiments with options in order to build the best possible story where you get the bad guy and I get—”
Declan: “Me!”
Charlie: “Exactly.”
What are three movies or shows your characters would enjoy?
Declan: “This one’s easy—‘The Mechanic’, ‘Snatch’ and ‘The Beekeeper’.”
Charlie: “They’re all Jason Statham films, and they’re all basically the same thing, over and over again.”
Declan: “So? They’re great. Bad guy does something wrong to an innocent person which ticks off Statham who takes them down. What else could you ask for in a movie?”
Charlie: “Well maybe a little romance, like in ‘Love Simon’, ‘Red, White and Royal Blue’ or ‘Heartstopper’.”
Declan: “Heartstopper doesn’t count. It’s a TV series.”
Charlie: “Shut up and give me a kiss.”
What are three songs or artists your characters would enjoy?
Charlie: “I would definitely go for dance music. Anything that gets my feet moving. Like Antonia Iacobescu’s “Clap Clap”, Elvana Gjata’s “Besame En Rio”, or even that old classic, “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham!”
Declan: “I think music is something you talk louder over until it ends.”
About the author
The Burnt is Peter E. Fenton’s fifth novel (and the third in The Declan Hunt Mysteries series)
Peter’s first novel, The Woodcarver’s Model was released by Pride Publishing in April of 2022 and was a four time nominee in the Goodreads M/M Romance Readers’ Choice Awards.
Following the success of the first book, Pride Publishing released The Declan Hunt Mysteries series which includes Mann Hunt (nominated for a Goodreads M/M Romance Readers’ Choice Award and recently translated into Spanish), and Hoodoo House, (also a Goodreads M/M Romance Readers’ Choice Award nominee and just released in Spanish).
2024 also saw the release of the critically acclaimed teen novella Not Not Normal, published by Lorimer Press.
Peter’s previous work was focused on writing for the stage, with award-winning productions of The Giant’s Garden, Newfoundland Mary, Bemused, and The Detective Disappears being produced across the country.
He spent many years working in palaeontology in remote locations including the Canadian Rockies, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Peter lives in Toronto, Canada with his partner of more than twenty years, Scott White. At heart, he is an incredible romantic.
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