Awake in the Dark Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Fade to Black |
2014 |
Buy |
| Bled White |
2014 |
Buy |
| Red on the Inside |
2015 |
Buy |
| Back in Black |
2015 |
Buy |
| Beyond the Blue |
2016 |
Buy |
Charlotte Winters Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| First Girl Gone |
2020 |
Buy |
| Girl Under Water |
2020 |
Buy |
| Watch Her Sleep |
2021 |
Buy |
Shadows of Love Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Love Her Darkly |
2025 |
Buy |
| Kiss of Death |
2025 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Casting Shadows Everywhere |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Clowns |
2016 |
Buy |
The Scattered and the Dead Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Scattered and the Dead |
2016 |
N/A |
| Book 0.5 |
2016 |
Buy |
| Book 1 |
2016 |
Buy |
| Book 1.5 |
2016 |
Buy |
| Book 2 |
2016 |
Buy |
| Book 2.5 |
2017 |
Buy |
| Book 2.6 |
2018 |
Buy |
| Book 3 |
2020 |
Buy |
Victor Loshak Thriller Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Beyond Good & Evil |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Good Life Crisis |
2018 |
Buy |
| What Lies Beneath |
2019 |
Buy |
| Take Warning |
2019 |
Buy |
| Silent Night |
2020 |
Buy |
| Desert Heat |
2022 |
Buy |
| Lone Wolf |
2024 |
Buy |
Violet Darger Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Dead End Girl |
2017 |
Buy |
| Image in a Cracked Mirror |
2017 |
Buy |
| Killing Season |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Last Victim |
2017 |
Buy |
| The Girl in the Sand |
2018 |
Buy |
| Bad Blood |
2018 |
Buy |
| Five Days Post Mortem |
2019 |
Buy |
| Into the Abyss |
2019 |
Buy |
| Night on Fire |
2019 |
Buy |
| Dark Passage |
2021 |
Buy |
| Trouble in Paradise |
2021 |
Buy |
| Countdown to Midnight |
2021 |
Buy |
| Couple Killer |
2022 |
Buy |
| When Darkness Falls |
2022 |
Buy |
| Lonesome Highway |
2022 |
Buy |
| Celebrity Skin |
2023 |
Buy |
Tim McBain writes thrillers, horror, and post-apocalyptic fiction, often in partnership with L.T. Vargus. Their Violet Darger series, which began with Dead End Girl in 2017, follows an FBI agent through 16 books of serial killer investigations and has become their most popular work. The companion Victor Loshak Thriller series features another investigator in the same world, adding seven more books to the connected universe.
Beyond crime fiction, McBain and Vargus co-wrote The Scattered and the Dead, an eight-book post-apocalyptic series that ran from 2016 to 2020. Their earlier Awake in the Dark series (2014-2016) blended horror with supernatural elements. The Charlotte Winters trilogy and Shadows of Love round out a catalog that spans genres while maintaining a focus on tension, atmosphere, and page-turning pacing.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Tim McBain written?
Tim McBain has written 43 books across seven series.
What was Tim McBain's first book?
Tim McBain’s first book is Casting Shadows Everywhere, published in 2013.
Does Tim McBain write with a co-author?
Yes, Tim McBain frequently collaborates with L.T. Vargus. Together they have written the Violet Darger series, Victor Loshak Thriller series, Charlotte Winters series, and The Scattered and the Dead, among other works. The partnership has produced over 40 books since 2013.