Viper: Shadows Never Lie

Perfect for fans of supernatural mysteries, brilliant teen detectives, dark academia, gothic humor, eerie creatures, ancient conspiracies, and fearless heroines who refuse to fit into the world's expectations, Viper: Shadows Never Lie is a haunting mystery where every shadow hides a secret, and the smartest detective in the room may also be its greatest mystery.

Most people think Viper is strange.
She's quiet when everyone else is loud. She notices details no one else sees. She solves puzzles before teachers finish asking the question. Rumors follow her through every hallway, whispers that she's cursed, creepy, or simply impossible to understand.
They're only half right.
Gifted with psychic visions triggered by touch, an uncanny instinct for danger, and the ability to see pieces of the truth hidden from everyone else, Viper has spent her life solving mysteries that adults refuse to believe exist. Every crime scene, abandoned manor, forgotten cemetery, and haunted forest seems to call her name. The dead leave clues. Monsters leave footprints. Secrets always leave cracks.
When a prestigious gothic academy becomes the center of a string of impossible disappearances, Viper uncovers evidence of an ancient conspiracy buried beneath the school's stone foundations. Hidden societies, forbidden rituals, forgotten monsters, and centuries-old betrayals begin crawling back into the light. The deeper she investigates, the more she realizes someone has been waiting for a detective exactly like her.
But every vision comes with a cost.
Every answer reveals an even darker question.
And every monster she uncovers isn't nearly as terrifying as the humans protecting them.
Armed with razor-sharp intelligence, relentless determination, biting wit, and supernatural abilities she barely understands, Viper must untangle a web of lies before an ancient evil awakens beneath the academy-and before she becomes its next target.