When Darkness Falls

Violet Darger FBI Mystery Thriller, Book 10

By: L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Her body seems to hover above the forest floor. Arms and legs torn away from the trunk. A bloody stump mounted upright on a skewer.

Not just a corpse. A warning.

The most recent body was discovered in the woods just beyond a logging cabin. Dismembered. Put on display. Ghostly pale skin stark against the forest's green.

Before that, two campers were found a few miles off. Cut apart. Impaled. Left in public places where they'd surely be found.

The grisly crimes summon FBI profiler Violet Darger to a tiny island off the Alaskan coast—2,500 square miles of forested land populated by just 6,000 souls.

Here, in the primordial wilderness, she'll face off with a shadowy killer unlike anything she's seen. Raging. Brutal. Elusive.

He waits. Seethes. In the woods. In the dark. Always watching. He waits.

Darger digs into the history of torso killers to try to understand the psychology behind the crimes. Finds a legacy of savagery dating back over a hundred years.

Aggression beyond comprehension. A recurring phenomenon of human behavior that chills her.

Human anatomy used to mark out territory. Corpses made totems to warn off others. It happens over and over again.

Who could carry out such brutality? And why?

Understanding the interior world, the motivations, of this type of killer will be the key to solving the case.

The dark woods hold his secrets tightly. The terrain itself shielding him, giving him an edge over those in law enforcement seeking him.

When a storm moves in, Darger finds herself in peril deep in his territory. Vulnerable. Exposed. Walking right into his trap.

He waits.

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©2022 L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain (P)2023 L.T. Vargus and Tim McBain

Violet takes on a brutal unsub!

After listening to the audiobook version of When Darkness Falls, I was reminded of just how good this book was, and with Natalie Naudus’ excellent narration the story really came alive. The following is my original Amazon review from 6/30/22.

From the opening chapter to the final page, When Darkness Falls had me locked in my chair anticipating what might come next in Violet Darger’s latest case. Along with the intense action and the interaction of the well-developed characters, the scenes were set with such detail I felt as if I were watching a movie. While I’ve enjoyed each of the previous Violet Darger stories, this one seemed to go to a new level that makes me wonder what’s next for Violet and Loshak. I received an Advance Reader Copy from the Authors and chose to provide this review.

Too much description over non material facts there is way too much description over every

While description is great, too much is annoying. Here, the author describes minutia which drags on and on before it gets to substance. Also, I read most of the series and I cringe when the author repeatedly and improperly uses the word maw rather than mouth. Ugh, just say mouth.

A slog

Promising start but got boring in no time. 114 chapters with 5 in content.

Brutal

Love. this series, this was a little too gruesome and graphic for me, but a decent story overall!

When Darkness Falls

Much too much extra blathering Mx it is disturbing when so many good people are killed before they catch the subject.

Never thought it would end

My least favorite book of the series by a long shot. It just kept going and going. I started to skip chapters just to get it over with. I’ll be back for the next book in the series, but good riddance to this one.

Basic, odd. out of place in the series.

Violet Darger books have something to them. I'm used to her being able to take a beating, get shot, strangled, drowned, and come back for more, but there is always intelligence to the books, the psychopath dujor has an inner monolog and its compelling. This seems disjointed, Darger goes up against Rambo in the Alaska wilderness...unless there is some connection in book 12, because there isn't in 11, this is the one to skip. Seemed like a cash or quota fill, get the pages in. Ending will leave you very unfulfilled.