Violet Darger (Tim McBain) Books in Order

A young woman's body is left broken and wrapped in plastic, and FBI profiler Violet Darger is called in to hunt the killer. Her first case in the series is brutal, methodical, and deeply unsettling.

A family is massacred in their home, and every mirror in the house has been shattered. When local police call in the FBI, Violet Darger steps into a crime scene as disturbing as it is bizarre.

Another savage case sends Violet Darger back into the field, where mounting fear and a calculating killer keep the pressure high. To stop the next death, she has to read a mind built for violence.

This novella drops Violet Darger into another sharp, dangerous case while the emotional fallout of earlier investigations is still raw. It is a short, tense entry that stays closely tied to the larger series.

A violent case in Detroit pulls Violet Darger into a world of old loyalties, family ties, and criminal power. The deeper she digs, the more dangerous the city becomes.

Shallow graves and burned bodies pull Violet Darger to Las Vegas, where missing girls may still be alive. Rumors point to an old enemy with a grudge, but the desert is hiding worse things than gossip.

When floating corpses wash up on an Oregon riverbank, Violet Darger heads to the Pacific Northwest to hunt another killer. What she finds in the woods may change her life for good.

This novella picks up threads from earlier Darger books and throws Violet back toward Leonard Stump, Prescott, and more bodies. It is short, suspenseful, and full of dread.

Violet Darger returns in a fast, vicious case that strikes with sudden heat and refuses to let up. This sixth novel keeps the pressure high while another killer closes in.

A mail bomber begins with a gruesome blast in New York, then turns murder into a growing public spectacle. Violet Darger has to decode the killer's message before the next package arrives.

Three starved bodies are found in a landfill outside Philadelphia, and Violet Darger is called in to make sense of the horror. The case is grim from the start, and every answer leads somewhere worse.

Darger heads to the Caribbean to help search for a missing teenage girl on vacation. The island is full of suspicious people, buried secrets, and one old flame who makes the case even messier.

Couples are being stalked, terrorized, and murdered near a small town college campus in rural Michigan. Violet Darger uncovers a long escalation of violence and a killer growing steadily more sadistic.

A new case sends Violet Darger into isolated country where every suspect seems to be hiding something. The deeper she travels, the more the investigation turns into a trap.

One of Darger's most dangerous investigations yet pushes her into mounting violence, long shadows, and a case that keeps getting worse. It is a lean, high-stakes thriller built for momentum.

A homemade bomb explodes on the set of a network sitcom, and Violet Darger heads to Hollywood before the next attack hits. The deeper she gets into the studio world, the more personal the bomber starts to feel.