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“An engaging debut” – The Artful Anna Harris by Tracy Maton “Written entirely in the first person, from Anna’s perspective, the story could have felt somewhat one-sided, and in some respects it does. Yet, somehow Maton manages to keep the narrat…

'An engaging début. I shall definitely be looking out for Tracy Maton’s next novel'

A stellar review in Bookmunch for #TheArtfulAnnaHarris by Tracy Maton, out now! 💫

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🖤 Unmissable lunchtime reading 🖤

To celebrate publication day, we're giving you the chance to dip into Tracy Maton's brilliant debut thriller #TheArtfulAnnaHarris.

Read an extract on the Viper website now: tinyurl.com/TheArtfulAnnaHarrisExtract

A rectangular, landscape graphic. The hardback book The Artful Anna Harris by Tracy Maton is in the centre of the graphic. Early reader reviews appear either side of the book. They say, 'I couldn't put it down', 'A page-turner full of sharp observations', 'Full of suspense and twists' and 'Hugely enjoyable read'. The Viper Books logo is at the bottom of this graphic.

Check out these stellar early reader reviews for #TheArtfulAnnaHarris 💫

Tracy Maton's stylish debut thriller – perfect for fans of The Talented Mr Ripley – publishes today! Who's got their copy?! 🖤

We can't wait for Anna to be your new favourite anti-hero!

tinyurl.com/TheArtfulAnnaHarris

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'Before I began to write I had decided Anna should be someone you might be friends with...'

A great Q&A with #TheArtfulAnnaHarris author Tracy Maton about her debut novel, anti-heroes and Highsmith 🖤

Anna Harris walks into your life tomorrow. Who's excited?!

Read more: tinyurl.com/TracyMatonQA

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4⭐️#TheMidnightKing by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social @viperbooks.bsky.social is a captivating dark thriller that gives twist after twist taking you on an emotional rollercoaster of a journey throughout!👀

Full Review 🔗 tinyurl.com/6nweh285

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*NEW BLOG POST*

My review of #NowhereBurning by Catriona Ward is live on #damppebbles!

Utterly compelling, highly unsettling, and my favourite book of the year so far. The sense of foreboding is exquisite. Truly unforgettable.

My review ➡️ buff.ly/nEYilBT
@viperbooks.bsky.social
#BookSky #bookish

A rectangular landscape graphic with a parchment background and an ornate green border, splattered with blood. The hardback book The Bells of Fortune by Leonora Nattrass stands in the centre of the graphic. On the left-hand side is text that reads, 'Leicestershire, 1774. The hunt for an ancient king could prove deadly...'. On the right-hand side is the text, 'November 2026' and the Viper Books logo.

🔔 COVER REVEAL 🔔

Susan Bell returns in the sequel to the critically acclaimed #TheBellsOfWestminster from bestselling author Leonora Nattrass 💚

#TheBellsOfFortune publishes November 2026. Historical thriller fans, mark your calendars!

@catrionaward.bsky.social’s spellbinding dark fairy tale #NowhereBurning is out today 🔥

‘Truly a masterpiece’
‘Bound to haunt me for weeks to come’
‘Unsettling, potent and packed with emotion’
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Read a Q&A with @catrionaward.bsky.social, talking all things #NowhereBurning on the Viper website. From the wilderness setting of the Colorado Rockies to her folk horror inspirations 🔥

Nowhere Burning is out tomorrow!

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🎟️ EVENT 🎟️

@catrionaward.bsky.social is going to be at Foyles on Thursday, in conversation with Lauren Beukes, talking about her chilling new thriller #NowhereBurning 🔥

📍 Foyles Charing Cross Road
⏰ Thursday 19th Feb, 7pm

The Nowhere children are expecting you...

www.foyles.co.uk/events/catri...

Promotional graphic for Waterstones reading: “25% OFF RRP – Books Coming Soon” (Online Only, 17–20 February). Featured title: The Killer Question by Janice Hallett, a Sunday Times bestseller. The cover shows bold purple lettering on a cream background with red splatters, a pub quiz chalkboard with a large dripping red question mark, and the tagline “The sudden-death round will be murder…”.

The answer is murder. The question is whodunnit? 🍺

Get 25% off #TheKillerQuestion paperback, when you pre-order from
@waterstones.bsky.social until February 20th and use code: FEB26

'Some people attract death. It loves them, twines around them like ivy, follows them all their lives'

Read an extract from #NowhereBurning by @catrionaward.bsky.social, out in hardback on Thursday 🔥

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The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward; Pagans by James Alistair Henry; Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo; Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman; A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang

'A dark, grimly compelling and very twisty tale'

#NowhereBurning by @catrionaward.bsky.social is a Guardian pick for the best SFF and horror titles out this month! This chilling story about runaway children in the Colorado Rockies is out on Thursday 🔥

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Murders for February | Jeremy Black | The Critic Magazine Well, this is not The Times, which on 2 January offered five picks, one on the killings of multiple infants, another on the repeated disappearance of girls, and a third on a serial killer who feeds…

'Extremely well-written ... An account of village life that is very different to that which is usually offered. Well worth reading'

A brilliant review for Tracy Maton's debut #TheArtfulAnnaHarris in The Critic 🖤

Thank you so much @viperbooks.bsky.social for this brilliant sounding surprise proof of The Hollow Boys by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social out on 14th May

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Who needs to comb their hair before recording a video for social media? Not me, clearly! But no one is looking at me today, are they 🤩 all eyes are on the dazzling proof of #TheSilentAppeal 👀 ⁦‪Out Sep 🤫 Thanks @viperbooks.bsky.social

A rectangular, landscape graphic with a hot pink background. The hardback book The Art of Getting Hammered by Joanna Wallace is centred in the middle of the graphic. On the left-hand side of the packshot is the text, 'FROM THE AUTHOR OF YOU'D LOOK BETTER AS A GHOST'. To the right of this is the text, 'AUGUST 2026' with an illustration of a hand with a hammer, taken from the front cover, hovering over the text. The Viper Books logo is underneath.

MURDER IS HER MASTERPIECE...

From the author of #YoudLookBetterAsAGhost, comes a darkly funny and pulse-pounding serial killer thriller 🔨

#TheArtOfGettingHammered by Joanna Wallace is out August 2026. Who's excited? #CoverReveal

Read an extract from #VivianDiesAgain, C.E. Hulse's witty, compulsive time-loop murder mystery, which is out tomorrow! ⌛️

Murder me once, shame on you. Murder me 84 times...

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Super finished copy of The Artful Anna Harris by Tracy Maton in surprise book mail. Out from @viperbooks.bsky.social on 5th March
Thank you very much

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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup The Cut Up by Louise Welsh; The Persian by David McCloskey; The 10:12 by Anna Maloney; Very Slowly All at Once by Lauren Schott; Vivian Dies Again by CE Hulse

#VivianDiesAgain by CE Hulse is a Guardian pick for best recent crime and thriller reads, described as a 'witty and innovative mystery'.

Get your hands on this clever time-loop murder mystery next week ⌛️

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Discover 5 Hidden Gems + C.E. Hulse Talks Twists, Tension & Thrills | Quick Book Reviews. Spoiler-free author interviews & book reviews. From Unknown to Unputdownable & a new book 'Vivian Dies Again'

'Discover 5 Hidden Gems + C.E. Hulse Talks Twists, Tension & Thrills'

Don't miss an interview with Caroline Hulse on the @quickbookreviews.bsky.social podcast talking about her writing process for the upcoming #VivianDiesAgain!

Listen here:
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The book 'Murder on the Red River' by Marcie R. Rendon on a mottled blue background with white text reading 'the powerful first novel in the award-winning Cash Blackbear series' to the left of the book, and black text reading 'June 2026' to the right.

We are delighted to be publishing the first book in the Cash Blackbear series, from bestselling indigenous author Marcie R. Rendon, this June.

#MurderOnTheRedRiver follows Ojibwe woman Renee ‘Cash’ Blackbear after a murder takes place on the reservation.

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The best new science fiction books of January 2026 Big hitter Peter F. Hamilton has a new sci-fi novel out this month – and Booker winner George Saunders ventures into speculative fiction with his latest book, Vigil

#VivianDiesAgain by Caroline Hulse is one of the New Scientist's best science fiction books this January!

A witty time-loop murder mystery, out 29th January ⏳

www.newscientist.com/article/2508...

2026 is off to a *thrilling* start with our Spring line up. Whether you’re after a police procedural or a retelling of a crime classic, find your new bookish obsession this spring 🔥

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#VivianDiesAgain by Caroline Hulse is one of the Express's 10 best books to read this January!

A twisty, time-loop murder mystery that combines the humour of Fleabag with the genre bending of Russian Doll. Out on 29th January 📚

www.express.co.uk/entertainmen...

The Waterstones exclusive hardback edition of Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward, featuring a sprayed edge that is orange with a black silhouette of mountainous skyline with two people walking and ferris wheel. Text next to the book reads 'Waterstones exclusive edition, the Nowhere Children are expecting you...'

Get your hands on one of the Waterstones exclusive editions of #NowhereBurning by @catrionaward.bsky.social, signed with striking sprayed edges 🔥

The Nowhere Children are expecting you...

Coming 19th February www.waterstones.com/book/nowhere...

The book The Midnight King by Tariq Ashkanani on a background of a dark forest with text reading 'Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month' in bright yellow.

Husband. Father. Serial Killer.

🚨 #TheMidnightKing by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social is the Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month 🚨

Winner of the McIlvanney Prize, this dark thriller about family, trauma and the secrets we hide within is out now in paperback 📚

www.waterstones.com/book/the-mid...

The paperback of The Midnight King by Tariq Ashkanani on a splotchy blue background with a yellow hue in the centre and white Viper logo in the bottom right hand corner.

Start the new year right with a twisty, unputdownable novel.

@tariqashkanani.bsky.social's sensational thriller and winner of the McIlvanney Prize, #TheMidnightKing, is out today in paperback!

This is a work of fiction. This is not a confession...

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Go all in. We're supporting 2026 as The National Year of Reading! 📖

Find out more here: goallin.org.uk

We're logging off now for our winter break! We hope you have a wonderful festive holiday and we'll be back in the new year ✨