The Vipers' Club

by John H. Richardson

Bright, young academic Peter James sets up shop in Hollywood as an assistant to successful producer Max Fischer and swiftly finds himself lying to the police, covering up a rape, erasing computer logs, tapping phones, being seduced, and involved in a murder. A first novel. Tour.

293 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1996

Reviews

[Emma Morris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn’t find myself being invested in any of the characters, or their stories. As I was reading, I didn’t enjoy it, but upon completing it, I did feel as though it was an interesting insight into the world of the Hollywood ‘masters’ - particularly the scene with one of the side characters sleeping with a teenager with the promise of helping her in Hollywood, and knowing that her mother was aware of what was going on