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Viper Books is our superb crime imprint, publishing books with bite: crime, thrillers and mysterious gothic fiction. Our books include Sunday Times bestsellers The Appeal by Janice Hallett and The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, and Reese Witherspoon Book Club sensation The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave.
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The Artful Anna Harris
Tracy Maton
Tom Ripley and Grace Bernard collide in this stylish debut thriller. A modern twist on Patricia Highsmith's much-loved classic
Nowhere Burning
Catriona Ward
The stunning new literary thriller from the bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street and Sundial
Mischance Creek
Garry Disher
Hirsch returns to his rural outback beat for his fifth mystery in the international bestselling Paul Hirschhausen series
Vivian Dies Again
C.E. Hulse
How to Solve Your Own Murder meets The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle in this genre-bending, time-looping mystery
Helle’s Hound
Oskar Jensen
The new novel from the highly acclaimed author of Helle and Death, this is Golden Age crime for the twenty-first century
The Vanishing Place
Zoë Rankin
A debut thriller, with the atmosphere of Sarah Pearse's The Wilds and propulsive pace of Abigail Dean's Girl A
The Bells of Westminster
Leonora Nattrass
The new standalone historical thriller by the bestselling author of Blue Water, Black Drop and Scarlet Town
The Killer Question
Janice Hallett
The fifth mystery by bestselling author Janice Hallett, a fiendishly clever story of missing persons, murder, and battling pub quiz teams
The Dead Husband Cookbook
Danielle Valentine
The new gripping thriller from Danielle Valentine, author of Delicate Condition, the inspiration for American Horror Story: Delicate
Guide Me Home
Attica Locke
The final book in the award-winning Highway 59 series from the author of Bluebird, Bluebird and Heaven, My Home
Snapshot
Garry Disher
The third novel with Detective Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry, from Australia's King of Crime
Chain of Evidence
Garry Disher
The awarding-winning fourth novel with Detective Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry, from Australia's King of Crime
