• The Girl in the Sand

  • Violet Darger, Volume 3
  • By: L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain
  • Narrated by: Kate Marcin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (476 ratings)

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The Girl in the Sand

By: L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain
Narrated by: Kate Marcin
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Publisher's summary

Shallow graves scar the desert landscape. A cemetery in the sand. Some of the lost are never found.

Thousands of girls go missing every year in Las Vegas. Taken. Bought and sold. Or worse. Now the dead are calling.

These lost girls summon FBI Profiler Violet Darger to Sin City - a new case. There are fresh dead to sort through - two bodies burned beyond recognition in the trunk of a sedan - and there’s reason to believe there are missing girls waiting to be saved.

Rumors swirl that a legendary killer is responsible for these crimes: an escaped prisoner with a personal grudge against Darger - one who wants her and her partner dead. One who disappeared for 20 years. But the desert is full of deadly secrets - horrors waiting beneath the sand.

If Darger finds the killer in time, the girls will live. If not...

This pulse-pounding thriller will have you holding your breath until the final moment. Fans of John Sandford, Karin Slaughter, Gillian Flynn, and Lisa Gardner should check out the Violet Darger series.

The audiobooks in the series can be listened to in any order, so grab The Girl in the Sand and get started today.

©2018 L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain (P)2018 L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain

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intriguing to the end

This is a eally a good book that holds your attention to the last page

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Terrible

This is the worst book I have ever listened to. This writer spends 75 percent of the book looking at the story through the eyes of victims in the most morbid and horrible way over and over and over and over. The actual plot and story could have been accomplished in one hour. All of the rest of the book is morbid and horrible. Absolutely terrible book

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Wonderful

THIS REVIEW IS FOR BOTH THE AUDIOBOOK AND EBOOK VERSIONS
Great story, really enjoyed these characters and the narration was wonderfully preformed. This was another intriguing book I definitely recommend it and I am anxious for the next book.

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Unfinished business

I liked the story & characters. However, a lot of answers were not quite finished up. Like how mark was arrested & whatever happened to Claire. What happened to Nicole or Emily at the end. Specifics weren’t cleaned up.

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Boring

Too much self analysis. Inner conflict/dialogue. I never thought I would be bored by a serial killer book.

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Good book

Could not out it down! Read in one night.
It is a page Turner Good read!

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I’m hooked

I stumbled on the series by accident and I’m so glad I did. What a great mix of characters. Kate Marcin really brings them all to life.
I’m hooked……

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Really Liked It

I did enjoy the procedural part. My issue is trying to understand why he was so obsessed/consumed with what he did. His violence was tough to listen to but it was realistic and the emotional rage almost dissociation came through. I will probably read more of the series.

Narration was done really well!!

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Decent story undermined by Narrator

Simple murder mystery. Fairly well-written. But it is performed by a seemingly inexperienced woman. Her style is sing-songy. It is in contrast to the writing. She brings nothing to the story. She just reads. She has no understanding of drama and suspense. Too bad.

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Good Story

I loved the story line in this book. I just wished Violet Darger wasn't such a bone head. How did she ever get through the FBI Academy? Honestly this character doesn't use a lick of common sense. No wonder she is always injured!

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