Books with title Bad Dog: A Gripping British Crime Thriller

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 read in any order, so grab Bad Blood and get started today.Praise for the Violet Darger series:"Un-put-downable! I cannot wait for this series to grow. If you love Sandford, Slaughter, Kava, Stelljes and Deaver, you’ll LOVE Vargus & McBain!" -- Melody M"The Violet Darger books are honestly the best detective novels I've ever read." -- Devin"Vargus and McBain have, in Violet Darger, created a character that absolutely stands up with some of the greats -- Phillip Marlowe, Dave Robicheaux, Elvis Cole, Charlie Parker, August Dupin, Jack Reacher, Harry Bosch, etc." -- Lucinda E. Snyder"Wow, just wow! If you like scare-you-half-to-death mystery books this is the one for you. It starts with a bang and just doesn't stop." -- Ada Lavin"This series is full of suspense, action, and lots of murder." -- EllenAn"Violet Darger is a unique, incredible character, and I immensely enjoyed taking this journey with her." -- Cat "A rush of excitement, twists and turns." -- C. Munger"Insightful, bloody. Page turner about the corruption of morality and warped thinking patterns." -- Bella from Readingnstuff.com"Refuses to let go until you have read the last sentence." -- Bloodymummer"Reading a Violet Darger novel always feels like coming home to an old friend—we hang out, we drink some coffee, we talk about her and Loshak’s personal lives, we interview victims’ families, we chase down some serial killers—all the stuff you normally do with your friends, except better. More exciting." -- eden Hudson, author of Revenge of the Bloodslinger"These books are kind of a nice combination of crime fiction and horror. Ok nice might not be the right word to use. How about gruesome. Or thrilling? Terrifying? Gripping? They're all that. They suck you in right away. And you just can't put them down until it's over." -- Melanie"If you are a fan of Silence of the Lambs, this book is a spiritual successor." -- Amazon customer"Vargus and McBain spin a fine tale with characters I want to climb inside -- but not in a weird way." -- Jeanne Tarrants

Some legends can kill you.When a young woman is brutally murdered in the Norfolk countryside, the locals blame Black Shuck—a legendary wild dog. There’s only one problem: the wounds weren’t made by an animal. DCI Robert Kett is battling a black dog of his own. With his wife still missing, and the injuries from his last case leaving him in constant pain, everything seems impossible—not least looking after his three young children.But when a second body appears, even bloodier than the last, Kett finds himself on a hunt for one of the most ruthless serial killers the country has ever seen.A killer who may be hunting him too.Full of death and dark humour, you won't be able to put down this fast-paced British crime thriller from million-selling author Alex Smith.Alex Smith wrote his first book when he was six. It wasn’t particularly good, but it did have some supernatural monsters in it. His DCI Robert Kett thrillers have monsters in too, although these monsters are very human, and all the more terrifying for it. In between, he has published twelve other novels for children and teenagers under his full name, Alexander Gordon Smith—including the award-winning Escape From Furnace series, which is loved by millions of readers worldwide and which is soon to become a motion picture. He lives in Norwich with his wife and three young daughters.

A single instant shattered Detective James Sheldon's perfect life. Eighteen months later, he is begging for loose change on the streets, and contemplating suicide.In a strange twist of fate, he wins a record-breaking 168 million lottery. But what should be a life-changing dream becomes a heart-pumping nightmare. Suddenly James finds himself thrust into a dangerous game where he's forced to confront drug dealers, crime bosses out to destroy him, and the personal demons that keep him up at night.Can he come to terms with his new wealth and drag himself out of poverty, or will the surplus of cash become a death warrant/noose around his neck/ draw bounty hunters and dark alley villains out of their hovels?Totally unpredictable! Not your usual crime novel plot. Perfect for readers who enjoy a story with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster.What Readers Say About Mr Lucky--"An imaginative scenario composed of one man's choice to do good with an unexpected windfall. Vindictive jealousy and unmerited retribution."--"Reminded me of both Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy's Trading Places and the Nicholas Cage film, Leaving Las Vegas in places, with a soupcon of The Sopranos in the mix."--“This is a fantastic read. It really moved me from the start with the scene about the homeless man. I would highly recommend it.”--“Once you start reading, you won’t want to stop until you finish. It’s got a strong narrative drive as we learn how the paths of homeless man and a major drug dealer cross thanks to $100M lottery win. The characters are well-drawn and believable.”--“Most of us have fantasised at some point in our life about what we would do if we won a lottery. Lee Wood provides us with a surprising yet believable scenario set in suburban UK and featuring contemporary social issues including drugs, prostitution, corruption, homelessness and the plight of the working class.”If you enjoy beautifully crafted British Crime by authors such as Adam Croft, Tony Parsons and Helen H Durrant, then you'll love this series set in the fictional town of Trentbridge, a cross between Cambridge and Stoke-On-Trent.