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L.T. Vargus

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in Hell, Michigan, The United States

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Thriller, Mystery, Horror

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Lex Vargus is the co-author of over 20 thriller and horror novels.

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The Violet Darger series

The Victor Loshak series

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	Dead End Girl (Violet Darger, #1) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 26,418 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing Season (Violet Darger, #2) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 11,247 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl in the Sand (Violet Darger #3) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 10,279 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Blood (Violet Darger #4) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 7,131 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Days Post Mortem (Violet Darger, #5) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 6,987 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night on Fire (Violet Darger #6) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 6,369 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Passage (Violet Darger #7) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 5,110 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Countdown to Midnight (Violet Darger, #8) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 4,310 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Darkness Falls (Violet Darger #10) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 3,735 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Couple Killer (Violet Darger #9) by L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author), Tim McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 3,823 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Our new novel, Kiss of Death, has been out for a few days now. This one hit #1 in a new category for us, Disaster Fiction. Pretty cool. I also wanted to set the record straight about that one scene in the book. You know. That one. But wait. Did you somehow miss our launch? You goose! Grab it here: Get Kiss of Death in ebook or paperback Still not grabbing it? Fine. Here’s a quick intro to wet y Read more of this blog post »

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Series by L.T. Vargus

Violet Darger (12 books)
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L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author),

Tim McBain (Goodreads Author)

4.33 avg rating — 95,967 ratings

Charlotte Winters (3 books)
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L.T. Vargus (Goodreads Author),

Tim McBain (Goodreads Author)

4.26 avg rating — 4,567 ratings

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Kiss of Death (Shadows of Love Book 2)

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“If you take the meaning out of the world, all that’s left is controlling each other.”
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“Everybody wants to feel special and loved. But you sort of need to feel like you’ve earned it.”
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“Out of all of the trillions of years of the Earth’s history, you might be alive for one 70 or 80 year period. That ain’t so long. You should be out ready to burn this motherfucker to the groun’ while you can. But they somehow get you all scared and hung up on these stupid ideas.”
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