Following the award-winning Murder on the Red River, Marcie R. Rendon is back with the second novel in the Cash Blackbear series! 'An addictive and authentically Native crime series' Louise Erdrich #GirlGoneMissing is out this November 🩸

We are thrilled to have two fantastic books shortlisted for this year's CWA Daggers 🔪🩸 #TheMidnightKing by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social is up for the Steel Dagger and #TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin for the Debut Dagger! Viper is also shortlisted for Best Crime & Mystery Publisher 🎉

We are delighted and incredibly proud to have Zoë Rankin shortlisted for this year's Bloody Scotland Debut Prize for #TheVanishingPlace! Set deep in the heart of the New Zealand bush, this propulsive and atmospheric thriller is out now in paperback 📚 viperbooks.co.uk/work/the-van...

'One of the most arresting thrillers I have read for a while. I devoured it in a day and cannot stop thinking about it' #TheHollowBoys by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social gets a superb review in the Nerd Daily. This small-town thriller about two missing boys is out now! thenerddaily.com/review-the-h...

It's Hammer Time...! 🔨🔨🔨 Joanna Wallace returns this August with #TheArtOfGettingHammered, now available to request on NetGalley! 👉 tinyurl.com/GettingHammeredNetGalley

Final spot of today and it’s this cool customer at #TootingBec on the #NorthernLine 😍 right beside #AvenueQ too! 🍻 Still buzzing from the thrill of this campaign and so grateful for the collected talents of the entire team at @viperbooks.bsky.social 🙏 Thank you 🤩

Some very intriguing #bookmail today - THE FIFTEENTH MAN, the debut spy novel from veteran journalist William Cook. Can’t wait to dig into to this one. Thank you to @mirandajewess.bsky.social and @viperbooks.bsky.social for sending it over!

'The Hollow Boys has a well-constructed, propulsive plot and tremendous atmosphere ... a masterpiece of smalltown horror' #TheHollowBoys by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social gets a wonderful write-up in the Guardian – out now in hardback! 📚 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

🚨 #TheHollowBoys by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social is out today 🚨 The latest thriller from the McIlvanney Prize winning author of #TheMidnightKing, set in a dying rust-belt town in America. Two children lost, the wrong one found... viperbooks.co.uk/work/the-hol...

Read a Q&A with @tariqashkanani.bsky.social, who talks his small-town American setting, police procedurals and his favourite dark fiction ahead of tomorrow's publication of #TheHollowBoys 📚 viperbooks.co.uk/2026/05/13/a...

Read an extract from @tariqashkanani.bsky.social's gripping new thriller, following the fallout after two boys go missing in a dying rust-belt town. #TheHollowBoys is out tomorrow! viperbooks.co.uk/2026/05/13/t...

Gasp! 😱 Not only is it an absolute honour for #TheExaminer to be longlisted for the #TheakstonsAwards but also there is a MUG to commemorate the occasion 🤩 Thanks so much @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social 🙏 Don't forget to cast your vote here before Thursday 28 May👇 bit.ly/TheakstonsAwards

#TheHollowBoys by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social has been recommended by The Critic, described as a 'powerful book'. Get your hands on a copy of the McIlvanney Prize winning author's new thriller this Thursday! 📚 thecritic.co.uk/murders-for-...

We are incredibly proud to have two fantastic authors shortlisted for the Fingerprint Awards 🎉📚 #TheMidnightKing by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social for Overall Crime Book 🚨 #TheRush by @bethlewis.bsky.social for Historical Crime Book 💰 Vote here: www.capitalcrime.org/fingerprint-...

'A page-turning, unsettling read' #TheHollowBoys by @tariqashkanani.bsky.social, author of the award-winning thriller #TheMidnightKing, is an iPaper best new crime book! Get your hands on a copy next Thursday 📚 inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Yay!! 🥳 The first sighting of London Underground Tube ads for #TheKillerQuestion 🍻 Thanks @viperbooks.bsky.social ‬⁩for this AMAZING campaign 🕵️‍♀️🔎 LOVE #TheSilentAppeal teaser at the bottom too! 🤫❤️

A new book by @janicehallett.bsky.social is always a treat, and I'm delighted to share my review of #TheKillerQuestion today. Something mysterious is going on at a quiet country pub, and it's not just the weekly pub quiz...! @viperbooks.bsky.social #BookReview #MurderMystery #BookSky

#TheKillerQuestion by @janicehallett.bsky.social is out today in paperback 🍻✏️🩸 Janice Hallett's sixth Sunday Times bestselling mystery, featuring battling pub quiz teams and a grisly murder. Can you can solve the case of the missing landlords? viperbooks.co.uk/work/the-kil...

Yay! #TheKillerQuestion is out in paperback in the UK TODAY! 🍻 Huge thanks to @mirandajewess.bsky.social and the team at @viperbooks.bsky.social as well as all the amazing bloggers, readers, reviewers, librarians and booksellers who've supported this quiztastic tale 🕵️‍♀️🔎 Happy sleuthing!

The wall may have fallen. But there are still Nazis in Berlin... Take a look at our cover for #TheFifteenthMan, William Cook's unmissable Cold War thriller. Join journalist Michael Braun on the hunt for a Nazi war criminal who may have survived Hitler's Berlin bunker... Out 1st October.

A fantastic first look at Joanna Wallace's #TheArtOfGettingHammerered with @crimefictionlover.bsky.social 🔨 Publishing this August! www.youtube.com/shorts/b9jsl...

Congratulations to @janicehallett.bsky.social and @tariqashkanani.bsky.social, who are longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Award for #TheExaminer and #TheMidnightKing 🦂🚨 Public voting for the shortlist is now open! To vote head to tinyurl.com/mva39uw3

Gasp! 😱 Beyond thrilled and honoured to share the spectacular news that #TheExaminer is longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2026 🎉 Stunned! 🗳️ To cast your vote (before 28 May) click here: bit.ly/TheakstonsAwards #TheakstonsAwards #TheakstonsCrime

Happiest of happy paperback publication days to the wonderful @bethlewis.bsky.social 🥂🎉 for #TheRush a solid gold historical treat 🥂 Out now from @viperbooks.bsky.social

Canada, 1898. The gold rush is on, fortunes are lost as quick as they're won and dangerous men will do anything for a glimpse of gold 💰 Longlisted for CWA's Historical Dagger and Gold Dagger, #TheRush by @bethlewis.bsky.social is out in paperback today! viperbooks.co.uk/work/the-rush/

The secret is out... We are delighted to be publishing Will Dean's latest mind-bending thriller #TheLightAtTheEndOfTheWorld in April 2027. And Then There Were None meets Station Eleven in a genre-busting read! 🦌 www.thebookseller.com/rights/will-...

Cracking surprise book mail thank you Drew! Love the sound of The Art of Getting Hammered by Joanna Wallace coming from @viperbooks.bsky.social in August viperbooks.co.uk/work/the-art...

✍️📚AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT📚✍️ For #ThrillerThursday it’s time to celebrate the wonderful @janicehallett.bsky.social @viperbooks.bsky.social #TheAppeal is one of my fave ever books & I’m EXTREMELY excited about the very much anticipated sequel, #TheSilentAppeal coming Sept!😍 #authorspotlight #janicehallett

We are delighted to have such a great sweep of nominations for this year's CWA Daggers! In addition to four of our books being longlisted, Viper is also up for Best Crime & Mystery Publisher 🐍🩸 thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-c...

She has the recipe for the perfect murder... Tuck in to a deliciously gripping new thriller from the author of #DelicateCondition. We're plating up #TheDeadHusbandCookbook by Danielle Valentine in paperback today 🍽️ tinyurl.com/4ba3btfx

'Fans of inventive crime and quirky, laugh-out-loud storytelling will find themselves hooked' Great to see #VivianDiesAgain by C.E. Hulse included in Northern Life’s Best Spring Reads! northernlifemagazine.co.uk/northern-lif...

Viper, the crime and thriller imprint of Profile Books, has acquired two Cold War thrillers from journalist William Cook 👇 #BookSky

Request #TheSilentAppeal by @janicehallett.bsky.social on NetGalley 🎭️ This September Janice Hallett is returning to Lower Lockwood and the world of The Appeal. Today we’ll be giving 50 lucky readers the chance to read on NetGalley ahead of the Easter weekend 📖 www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

#fivestarflashback ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #BookReview: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward @viperbooks.bsky.social #LookingGlassSound #damppebbles ➡️ buff.ly/3B5pzeG #whattoread #bookish #BookSky #skybrarians #bookrecs #bookrecommendation

@guymorpuss.bsky.social's twisty courtroom mystery #ATrialInThreeActs is out now in paperback! Featuring a decapitation, a nail-biting trial and an eccentric barrister ⚖️ 🩸 'Delicious' Daily Mail 🩸 'Splendid' Financial Times 🩸 'Ingenious' The Times viperbooks.co.uk/work/a-trial...

'Anna Harris is a fascinating twist on Ripley, replacing Highsmith’s antihero with a restless, amoral woman' #TheArtfulAnnaHarris by Tracy Maton is featured on this list of @thetimes.com's nine best crime novels to read this month 🖤

There's a killer in court. But are they in the dock? @guymorpuss.bsky.social's twisty legal thriller #ATrialInThreeActs is out today in paperback. When an actress is decapitated live on stage, a nail-biting court case is sure to follow. But who is the guilty party? viperbooks.co.uk/work/a-trial...

'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! 💫

🖤 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

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

'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

📚#BookReview📚 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 #BookSky📚💙 #Bookblogger

*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

🔔 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’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ viperbooks.co.uk/work/nowhere...

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! viperbooks.co.uk/2026/02/18/a...

🎟️ 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...

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 🔥 viperbooks.co.uk/2026/02/16/n...

'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...