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Books with bite: crime, thrillers mysterious fiction | British Book Awards Imprint of the Year 2022, CWA Publisher of the Year 2023.
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We are delighted to announce that @janicehallett.bsky.social is returning to Lower Lockwood with #TheSilentAppeal, the long-awaited sequel to her smash-hit debut The Appeal. Coming September 2026 🎭

A New Play. Another Murder...

Pre-order signed copy www.waterstones.com/book/the-sil...
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Starting to think about your Christmas shopping? SheerLuxe recommends Danielle Valentine's delicious thriller #TheDeadHusbandCookbook 🍽️🎁✨
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These book gift ideas will captivate any reader – thoughtful, engaging reads for every literary taste.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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We are delighted to announce that @janicehallett.bsky.social is returning to Lower Lockwood with #TheSilentAppeal, the long-awaited sequel to her smash-hit debut The Appeal. Coming September 2026 🎭

A New Play. Another Murder...

Pre-order signed copy www.waterstones.com/book/the-sil...
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Time won’t bury the truth…

We’re so excited to announce a new upcoming standalone novel from Garry Disher, #UnderTheColdBrightLights 🌃

Coming July 2026!
A promotional graphic for the book Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher. On the left is the book cover featuring a city skyline at dusk with blue and orange tones, and the title in large white letters. Above the cover, the tagline reads “Time Won’t Bury the Truth.” On the right, bold yellow and white text announces: “Time Won’t Bury the Truth. The blistering standalone novel from Australia’s King of Crime. Coming July 2026.” The Viper Books logo appears in the bottom right corner.
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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There's danger on the open road... The full Hal Challis investigations series by Garry Disher is out now!🩸

Check out the books on our website: tinyurl.com/3242jp6h
A flat lay of seven Garry Disher crime novels arranged on a wooden surface. The books include The Dragon Man, Kittyhawk Down, Snapshot, Chain of Evidence, Blood Moon, Whispering Death, and Signal Loss. Each cover features bold typography and vivid landscapes or sunsets in rich tones of red, orange, blue, and green.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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What a night! 😎 Thank you @viperbooks.bsky.social for a stunning Spring ‘26 showcase, featuring C. E. Hulse,‬⁩ Tracy Maton @catrionaward.bsky.social ‬⁩& @tariqashkanani.bsky.social ‬⁩hosted by the amazing @mirandajewess.bsky.social ‬⁩😱 so many fabulous titles for the new year!
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Two children lost. The wrong one found.

The award-winning author of #TheMidnightKing, @tariqashkanani.bsky.social, returns with #TheHollowBoys. A dark and haunting thriller about lost children in a dying rust-belt town, coming May 2026.

www.waterstones.com/book/the-hol...
The book The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani on a yellow tinted background of a dirt, tree lined road with a cloudy sky and a yellow Viper logo in the bottom right hand corner.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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She'll be whoever she needs to be...

It's four months to the day until we publish Tracy Maton's Ripley-esque debut #TheArtfulAnnaHarris.

Be one of the first to read spring's most stylish thriller: request on NetGalley now 📚

🔗 tinyurl.com/AnnaHarrisNetGalley
A rectangular graphic with a background that fades from blue to black. The hardback book The Artful Anna Harris by Tracy Maton is on the right-hand side. To the left of this is the text, 'Available to request now on NetGalley'. The Viper Books logo is centred and underneath.
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Thank you, @viperbooks.bsky.social, for this ARC of #TheArtfulAnnaHarris 🤩

With brilliantly complex characters & a plot that unfolds with unnerving inevitability, Anna’s story is chilling & deeply engaging by turns. Loved it!

Out March & available for preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/9781805...
A picture of the books cover with an image of a woman from behind refracted into multiple copies, in tones of pink, purple, blue and turquoise
October 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Dame Charlotte Lazerton is dead. Torben Helle suspects foul play, but Torben - Danish academic and amateur sleuth - is woefully unqualified to catch a killer, and the killer knows it...

#HellesHound by @OskarCoxJensen is out now in paperback 🐾

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November 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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#TheKillerQuestion, the latest Sunday Times bestseller from the queen of tricksy crime @janicehallett.bsky.social, is a Waterstones Best Crime & Thriller Book of 2025 🎉

Battling pub quiz teams take centre stage in this twisty, mixed-media whodunnit 🍻✏️🩸

www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
A promotional graphic from Waterstones with text reading 'the best books of 2025: crime & thrillers' next to a few book covers, including Janice Hallett's The Killer Question.
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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'Gold fever has taken him. I believe he means to kill me...'

The paperback cover of #TheRush by @bethlewis.bsky.social is here! This historical mystery follows three women in the treacherous world of the Klondike gold rush, out in paperback April 2026 🪙
The paperback cover of The Rush by Beth Lewis on a green sky background with gold flecks along the edges of the image.
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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#HellesHound by @OskarCoxJensen is out now in paperback 🐾

This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Tom Hindle, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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'A trial is rather like a play. We wear our costumes. We perform to the audience. And on a good day no-one gets murdered'

We are delighted to reveal the paperback cover of #ATrialInThreeActs by @guymorpuss.bsky.social, a twisty legal thriller out March 2026 ⚖️

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The paperback of the book A Trial in Three Acts by Guy Morpuss on a background that depicts a theatre stage with a red curtain drawn and text reading 'There's a killer in court. But are they in the dock?'
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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A dead art historian.
Cold War skulduggery.
A reluctant Danish sleuth.
And an extremely hungry dog...

#HellesHound by @OskarCoxJensen is out now in paperback 🐾
Helle’s Hound - Viper
Oskar Jensen
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October 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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🚨 25% OFF UPCOMING BOOKS 🚨

Waterstones are offering 25% off pre-orders of
📚 #VivianDiesAgain by C.E. Hulse
📚 #NowhereBurning by @catrionaward.bsky.social
📚 #TheHollowBoys by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social

Valid until 23.59 Friday 17th October with code OCTOBER25!

www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
Three book covers on a pink background: “Vivian Dies Again” by C.E. Hulse, “Nowhere Burning” by Catriona Ward and a placeholder cover for “The Hollow Boys” by Tariq Ashkanani. Underneath the covers is text reading “25% off on upcoming books — 14–17 October | Online only”.
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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@janicehallett.bsky.social picks her top five murder mysteries for the iPaper, including @guymorpuss.bsky.social's #ATrialInThreeActs for being 'both shocking and satisfying'. This legal thriller follows a murder trial after an actress is beheaded live on stage... ⚖️
The five best murder mysteries of all time, according to Janice Hallett
The bestselling author of contemporary crime fiction picks the books that have inspired, entertained and intrigued her the most
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October 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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‘Raw, emotional and haunting’

#TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin reviewed in the Daily Mail. This gripping and immersive thriller set in the New Zealand bush is out now 🌄

www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...
Psychological Thrillers that are not for the faint-hearted
Christena Appleyard reviews the best Psychological Thrillers out now.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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'Another entertaining whodunnit from the author of Helle and Death'

#HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social has been selected by the iPaper as a best new paperback to read this October 🐾

inews.co.uk/culture/book...
The best new paperbacks to read in October 2025
14 great books, now in their cheaper and lighter formats
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October 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Torben Helle is back and this time it's his mentor, eminent art historian Charlotte Lazerton, who is dead. But Torben is woefully unqualified to catch a killer, and the killer knows it...

#HellesHound by @OskarCoxJensen is out now in paperback 🐾

viperbooks.co.uk/work/helles-...
October 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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A dead art historian. Cold War skulduggery.
A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog...

A witty murder mystery that puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit, #HellesHound by @oskarjensen.bsky.social is out today in paperback🐾

viperbooks.co.uk/work/helles-...
October 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Torben Helle is back, but solving a murder is no walk in the park...

#HellesHound by @OskarCoxJensen is out in paperback on Thursday 🐾

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October 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🚨 THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 🚨

An atmospheric thriller set in the wilderness of New Zealand. One girl escaped but the forest took another... #TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is out now!

viperbooks.co.uk/work/the-van...
The book The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin on a background featuring a cloudy, moody sky with large yellow text reading "'A sizzling debut' The New York Times".
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Zoe Rankin: 'It’s what you can’t see, and what you don’t know, that truly terrifies' 🏚️

We caught up with CBC alumna Zoe Rankin to discuss her debut psychological thriller #TheVanishingPlace, out now from @viperbooks.bsky.social!
Zoe Rankin on writing a psychological thriller
Zoe Rankin was a student on our Writing Your Novel course in 2019. We caught up to discuss her debut novel The Vanishing Place, out now from Viper Books.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Viper, the crime imprint of Profile Books, has acquired Tracy Maton’s debut novel The Artful Anna Harris, a modern twist on Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley. The book will be published in March 2026 👇 #BookSky
Viper signs Ripley-inspired debut as US rights go in six-figure deal
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October 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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One girl escaped. The forest took another...

#TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is out in the UK today! A number one international bestseller, this atmospheric debut set in the New Zealand bush is perfect for fans of Lucy Clarke and Chris Whitaker.

viperbooks.co.uk/work/the-van...
The book The Vanishing Place by Zoë Rankin on a background featuring a cloudy, moody sky with yellow text reading 'the international bestseller' in large letters.
October 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM