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Best Mystery & Crime Book Publishing Companies
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 90 publishers.
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Desert Palm Press
Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Westerns, Women's Fiction
Location - San Francisco, US
Size - Small press
Formats - , Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://desertpalmpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Scatter
Molly J. Bragg
Evil's Echo
Jane Alden
Back in the Saddle
Toni Draper
WayWord Books
Action & Adventure, Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - , Physical Books
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.waywordbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
Inimitable Books
Action & Adventure, BIPOC, Diverse Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Young Adult
Part of - Ulysses Press > Inimitable Books
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - , Physical Books, Audiobooks, Ebooks
Submission format - Book queries - Submit here
Website - https://inimitablebooksllc.com
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Legionnaire
Samantha Traunfeld
Down the Well
Veronica King
The Storm Gathers
Maelan Holladay
Oldcastle Books
True Crime, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Fiction, Nonfiction
Part of - Oldcastle Books Group > Oldcastle Books
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - , Physical Books, Audiobooks, Ebooks
Website - http://oldcastlebooks.co.uk/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
After Agatha
Sally Cline
A Statue for Jacob
Peter Murphy
UFOs, Aliens, and the Battle for Truth
Neil Nixon
Grey Oak Publishing
Romance, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction
Location - Bangalore, IN
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - http://www.greyoak.in/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
First Collection: Snapshots of Contemporary India
Paritosh Uttam
Down the Road
Ahmed Faiyez & Rohini Kejriwal
The Newsroom Mafia
Oswald Pereira
HarperCollins India
Biographies & Memoirs, History, Cookbook, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Business, Self-Help, Picture Book, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Novella, Children's
Location - New Delhi, IN
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://harpercollins.co.in/
💥 Hit titles
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri
A Mirror Made of Rain
Naheed Phiroze Patel
Powerful
Nirupama Subramanian
Vitasta
Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Self-Help, Politics, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - New Delhi, IN
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Book proposals & manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.vitastapublishing.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
India's Strategies for Information War & Cyber Deterrence
Ashok Pathak
Backfire in Nepal
Sanjay Upadhya
A Naxal Story
Diptendra Raychauduri
Permanent Press
Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://thepermanentpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Warning Shots
Connie Dial
Unnatural Resources
Mindy Uhrlaub
The Snow Raven
Connie Dial
Niyogi Books
Comics & Graphic Novels, Art, Photography, Travel, Architecture, Self-Help, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Politics, Historical Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - New Delhi, IN
Size - Small press
Formats - , Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.niyogibooksindia.com
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
A Day in the Life of Mangal Taram
Anita Agnihotri
A Plate of White Marble
Bani Basu
A Fistful of Mustard Seeds
E. Santhosh Kumar
Second Story Press
Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, History, Politics, Biographies & Memoirs, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Feminism, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Jewish Literature, Health & Wellbeing, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Children's, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - Toronto, CA
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://secondstorypress.ca/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Birds That Stay
Ann Lambert
The Butterfly Effect
Eve Zaremba
The Abortion Caravan
Karin Wells
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