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Launch update. (And a Daily Deal.)

Success! Thanks to you, Countdown to Midnight hit #1 in multiple subcategories and remains atop the charts as I write this. Woo! (We also have an awesome $0.99 deal today only — keep reading for that.) It’s a great feeling to know so many people have already torn through the book and thousands more are reading it right now. It’s neither the ...
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Midnight Creepin’

Holy Crow! It’s happening! Violet Darger is back in Countdown to Midnight, her most explosive case yet, and she’s up on Amazon right now: Countdown to Midnight is now available on Amazon The paperback is also live! Behold! This here midnight is blacker than a raven’s wing and spicier than a triple-atomic hot wing. It thrills. It chills. It melts faces ...
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Paradise Lost? Found it.

Excitement! Enthusiasm! Gratuitious hip thrusting! The new Violet Darger novella, Trouble in Paradise, is alive. It’s alive! Grab the ebook or paperback here: Trouble in Paradise is now available on Amazonin ebook and paperbook We like to mix it up with the shorts, so this one is more of a procedural mystery with a touch of romance (and an emphasis ...
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Just Another Day in Paradise

OK. Not to launch right into a stream of vile profanity, but: Holy moly guacamole! We’re finally ready to announce two, count ’em, two new Violet Darger releases! I’m so excited I’m shaking, and I just projectile squirted some of that guac out of my nose. First up, the preorder for the next Darger novella, Trouble in Paradise, is ...
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Septemberfest

Vargus/McBain have three more slammin’ deals for you to, uh… slam. Check it out: First Girl Gone (Charlie Winters #1) is part of the Kindle Big Deal in the US this week. It’s $0.99. Grab it here: First Girl Gone is 99 cents in the US But wait. There’s more! Five Days Post Mortem (Violet Darger #5) is a Kindle Monthly Deal in the ...
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Kindle Daily Deal Alert!

Super quick heads up: Amazon is running a daily deal on Dark Passage (in the US only). Grab it for $0.99 while supplies last: Dark Passage is $0.99 on Amazon This is the seventh novel in the Violet Darger series, though the books can be read in any order. If you’re behind in the series, you can always check out the series page here to have everything ...
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Four years of Violet Darger! (And some audio stuff.)

Today marks four years since we launched the Violet Darger series, and we’re celebrating with a large cake and a $0.99 sale on Dead End Girl. Grab it now and tell your friends: Dead End Girl is 99 cents on Amazon Way back in 2017, we spent our life savings on the launch of Dead End Girl. It went to #3 on the ...
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Watch Her Sleep

Commotion! Enthusiasm! Intense pelvic thrusting! Our new novel, Watch Her Sleep, is live now! Grab it here: Watch Her Sleep on Amazon – Apple – Kobo – Google The paperback and audiobook are also live:Watch Her Sleep paperback – Audible US – Audible UK Holy Cannoli! This creep-fest is loaded with more thrills than a shark tank, more chills than a Texas power outage, and more frills than a rug that really ties the room together. (WARNING: Frilly floor ...
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Dark Passage

Excitement! Literary hysteria! The new Violet Darger novel, Dark Passage, is out now! Grab it here: Dark Passage is now available on Amazonin ebook and paperback! This thing packs more chills than a deep freezer, more shocks than an electric chair, and more ham than Guy Fieri’s “Nothin’ Fancy Ham Salad.” (Ham sold separately.) Check out the description here: The corpse juts from the heaping bulge ...
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Girl Under Water

Excitement! Enthusiasm! The second book in the Charlie Winters series, Girl Under Water, is live now on an internet near you. Grab it here: Girl Under Water on Amazon – Apple – Kobo – Google The paperback and audiobook are also live:Girl Under Water paperback – Audible US – Audible UK This thing packs more chills than a December night, more thrills than a rolly-coaster, and more gills than one of those mutated fish in the river next to ...
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