Bad Blood: A Gripping Crime Thriller

Violet Darger FBI Thriller, Book 4

By: L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

Narrated by: Kate Marcin

The body slumps over the steering wheel. Pools of blood going tacky on the dash. Two shots to the back of the head. A mafia-style hit in a small town.

Special Agent Violet Darger must make sense of this savagery - figure out how brutality like this could happen in rural Michigan.

The victim had been living the American dream. A small-business owner who built a construction empire. Started a family. Coached youth hockey. He seemed to have it all.

But his surface life didn’t tell the full story. He carried dark secrets to the grave. Left clues which offer more questions than answers, clues that seem to lead Darger to Detroit.

In the city, she finds despair. Corruption. Decay. Blocks of vacant buildings line the streets. Crumbling. Caving in. It resembles ancient ruins more than a modern American city. Concrete caverns waiting to be explored. And there, among the rubble, she gets swept up in the hunt for a notorious hit man.

He kills for profit. Navigates the brutal world of organized crime. Harbors secrets of his own, albeit domestic ones. He holds the answers to all of Darger’s questions, but only if she can catch him.

This pulse-pounding thriller will have you on the edge of your seat until the final page. Fans of John Sandford, Karin Slaughter, Harlan Coben, and Lisa Jackson should check out the Violet Darger series.

The books in the series can be listened to in any order, so grab Bad Blood and get started today.

©2018 L.T. Vargus & Tim McBain (P)2018 Smarmy Press

Great book

Great story line. Easy to follow & kept you guessing . Can’t wait to start the next book

Lots of Action!

This book was fast-paced with lots of twists and action. I love when Violet Darger is the main character. It felt like she got less "screentime" than the bad guy. We also saw very little from her partner Loshack. It was still good and made me almost root for the bad guy. But I hope the next one brings Darger back with a bigger chunk of the story.

Great

THIS REVIEW IS FOR BOTH THE AUDIOBOOK AND EBOOK VERSIONS
Again great work from this narrator as well as the author. All the characters are interesting and for a mafia story it's great well written and graphic. I wasn't expecting some of the content but it was a great experience. I recommend it!

The mob families set in Detroit

Great book , as usual by Tim McCain . I always love Darger . Always understands just what to do . The best part is in the last couple of chapters . Completely surprised me . A really good read or listen ! Narration by Kate Marcin was excellent. Can't wait to get to the next book !

kind of predictable

imagine this Violet Darger goes out on her own and almost gets killed that's never happened. Horrible agent.

BAD BLOOD

I’m really enjoying all the Violet Darger books. Well read and written. Not sure about next one tho. Sounds like others.

Love me some Darger!

The narrator is fabulous and really makes the characters come alive. Although the basic premise of the book is nearly identical to the previous installments, the actual storyline along with the character development and the mix of colorful language, romance, violence, and humor that I suppose only a partnership like that of Vargus and McBain could concoct more than makes up for it.

I think I'm downright addicted to this series at this point and I'm looking forward to the first of the books focusing on Loshak. In fact, I downloaded it before I started listening to "Bad Blood," so I'm going to start listening right now!

It's pretty good, but...

Overall I am enjoying the series for the stories. However, I am surprised that a woman would write about a female law enforcement character that is so incompetent. She stupidly puts herself into absurd situations and, at the best of times is unable to even hold onto her gun. Were she a real FBI agent she'd surely be fired for being more like Mr. Bean than a officer of the law. Why?

Love the Story...

I really like the story line in this book. However...I hope Violet Darger gets smarter as the series goes on. Right now I feel she it totally incompetent as a FBI agent. I was constantly rolling my eyes on her dumb decisions including losing Owen to her job. Honestly...what a loss!

good but...

the story is engaging, the characters likeable, but it is irritating how much the main character is constantly such a lone wolf, breaking protocol when it isn't necessary for the story, and ends up causing the death of a coworker and usually injury to herself. it isn't necessary and with a few small changes the stories would be just as good and far less irritating. a strong female character can be just as strong when playing by the rules.