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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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Looking Glass Sound
Catriona Ward
The stunning new literary thriller from the bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street and Sundial

Black Lake Manor
Guy Morpuss
Agatha Christie meets The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August in this outstanding cross-genre locked room murder mystery.

Freeze
Kate Simants
A gripping thriller of obsession, murder and revenge, from a Bath Novel-award winning author

Make Me Clean
Tina Baker
A dark and witty domestic noir about a cleaner with a mysterious past, from the #1 Kindle bestselling author of Call Me Mummy

No Secrets
David Jackson
An addictive cat-and-mouse thriller from the bestselling author of Cry Baby

Blue Water
Leonora Nattrass
The sequel to 2021's critically acclaimed Black Drop, charting the adventures of reluctant spy Laurence Jago at sea.

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
Janice Hallett
THE NEW MYSTERY PHENOMENON FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL AND THE TWYFORD CODE

The Homes
J.B. Mylet
Based on the true story of a childhood growing up in a home for abandoned and unwanted children, The Homes is a beautiful and haunting thriller.

Begars Abbey
V.L. Valentine
From the author of The Plague Letters comes a gothic tale of hauntings, family secrets and dark deeds.

Sundial
Catriona Ward
The new modern gothic masterpiece from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Last House on Needless Street.