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We are delighted to announce that @JaniceHallett 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. Who Will Speak the Truth?
Signed copies: waterstones.com/book/the-sil…
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👻 EBOOK DEAL 👻
Looking for the perfect read to give you the chills this October? Get yourself a spooky deal on these eBooks in the Kobo sale! Valid until 31st October 🦇
kobo.com/gb/en/p/halloween-r… @catrionaward @dvalentinebooks @JoWallaceAuthor @KateAGriffin
ALT A graphic showing 5 books on a dark red background. The books shown are Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine, The Dead Friend Project by Joanna Wallace, The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, Sundial by Catriona Ward and Fyneshade by Kate Griffin
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From @guymorpuss, author of #ATrialInThreeActs, comes another twisty legal mystery, #TheTrialOfTheBurningGod 🔥
Charles Konig KC is back with a bizarre case – a famous author found dead inside a bronze statue of Anubis. But is the murderer in the dock?
waterstones.com/book/the-tri…
ALT A promotional graphic for the book The Trial of the Burning God by Guy Morpuss on a blue background with text reading: 'Charles Konig KC returns, March 2027'.
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We are delighted to see #TheSilentAppeal by
@JaniceHallett picked as a Spotify Editors' Pick for October 🎧
The latest mystery from the queen of crime returns to the world of her hit debut #TheAppeal for a twisty whodunnit, read by a full cast 📚
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👻 EBOOK DEAL 👻
Looking for the perfect read to give you the chills this October? Get yourself a spooky deal on these eBooks in the Kobo sale! Valid until 31st October 🦇
kobo.com/gb/en/p/halloween-r… @catrionaward @dvalentinebooks @JoWallaceAuthor @KateAGriffin
ALT A graphic showing 5 books on a dark red background. The books shown are Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine, The Dead Friend Project by Joanna Wallace, The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, Sundial by Catriona Ward and Fyneshade by Kate Griffin
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Viper Books retweeted
"William Cook's twisting, enjoyable debut thriller" #TheFifteenthMan is one of "eight great historical novels to read this October" in @thetimes #TheTimes @ViperBooks 🇬🇧🇩🇪thetimes.com/culture/books/a…
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Viper Books retweeted
📣 Bag a £10 voucher 🤑 when you order #TheSilentAppeal at @Waterstones
📣 Just enter BOOKFOR10 at checkout
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But hurry! This murderous offer is only available until 9 October 🥳
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The Nowhere Children are expecting you...
From the bestselling author of #TheLastHouseOnNeedlessStreet, #NowhereBurning is out today in paperback!
🔥 'One of our finest horror writers' Sunday Times
🔥 'Dark and very twisty' Guardian
viperbooks.co.uk/work/nowher… @Catrionaward
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🚨 BOOK DEAL 🚨
Buy a copy of #TheSilentAppeal by @JaniceHallett from Waterstones.com and get a £10 voucher back! Valid 6-9th October with code BOOKFOR10 at checkout 📚
The Silent Appeal is Janice Hallett's latest bestselling mystery 🎭🩸
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We are delighted to reveal the cover of #SinisterGraves by Marcie R. Rendon, the third novel in the award-winning Cash Blackbear series!
Spring, 1972. A flood in Red River Valley brings with it the body of an unidentified woman...
Coming May 2027 ⛪
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#TheSilentAppeal by @JaniceHallett is an instant Sunday Times bestseller! 🎉
This is the seventh bestselling mystery from the queen of tricksy crime, this time returning to Lower Lockwood and the world of her smash-hit debut mystery #TheAppeal 🎭🩸
viperbooks.co.uk/work/the-si…
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Will Dean as you've never seen him before...
We are delighted to reveal the cover of #TheLightAtTheEndOfTheWorld, bestselling author @willrdean's dazzling speculative novel!
And Then There Were None meets Station Eleven, coming April 2027 🦌
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'Hallett again ingeniously constructs the mystery from correspondence and case files to work out what happened'
#TheSilentAppeal by @JaniceHallett is one of the i Paper's best new crime and thriller books to read this September. Get your copy now! 🎭🩸📚
inews.co.uk/culture/books/be…
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We are incredibly proud to have two books on the 2026 McIlvanney Prize shortlist 🎉
Both #TheHollowBoys by @TariqAshkanani and #TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin are up for @BloodyScotland's prestigious prize! A huge congratulations to our fantastic authors 📚🩸
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Viper Books retweeted
We are delighted to reveal the finalists for this year's McIlvanney Prize. The winner will be announced in The Church of the Holy Rude on Friday 18th September - well done all!
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In this town, everyone's a suspect...
#TheSilentAppeal by bestselling author @JaniceHallett is out today! Returning to Lower Lockwood and the world of her hit debut The Appeal, there's a new play to stage but not everyone will make it to opening night 🎭
viperbooks.co.uk/work/the-si…
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Viper Books retweeted
The Silent Appeal
"An absolute joy from cover to cover" Chris Brookmyre
"A superlative mystery, full of surprises" Alex Pavesi
"A brilliantly observed, utterly gripping mystery" A. J. West
OUT NOW @viperbooks 🇬🇧 and @atriabooks 🇺🇸
linktr.ee/janicehallett
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Can't wait any longer? Read an extract from #TheSilentAppeal by @JaniceHallett on the Viper website!
The bestselling author returns to the world of her smash-hit debut, The Appeal – hitting shelves tomorrow 🎭📚🩸
viperbooks.co.uk/2026/09/02/…
ALT The hardback of The Silent Appeal by Janice Hallett on a dark red background with a faint village illustration from the cover overlayed.
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'The Silent Appeal is that rare thing: a sequel even better than the original'
#TheSilentAppeal by @JaniceHallett is one of The Times' five best crime novels to read this month! The queen of crime's return to the world of her hit debut is out tomorrow 🎭
thetimes.com/culture/books/a…
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Viper Books retweeted
Sssh! 🤫 Silence is golden 💛 and so too is the book inside this box... let's open it together! #TheSilentAppeal @ViperBooks
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'Beware that if you pick it up you are not going to want to put it down'
Such a brilliant review of @JoWallaceAuthor's #TheArtOfGettingHammered over on Bookmunch 🔨
The most thrilling reading for the long weekend! Have you got your copy yet?
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