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Best Mystery & Crime Book Publishing Companies

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Oldcastle Books

Genres: True Crime, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Part of: Oldcastle Books Group > Oldcastle Books

Location: London, GB

Website: http://oldcastlebooks.co.uk/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
After Agatha

Sally Cline

A Statue for Jacob

Peter Murphy

UFOs, Aliens, and the Battle for Truth

Neil Nixon

Fledgling Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Women's Fiction, Action & Adventure, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, and Short Story

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Website: https://www.fledglingpress.co.uk/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Small press

💥 Hit titles
Whirligig

Andrew James Greig

When We Get To The Island

Alex Nye

Board

David C. Flanagan

Bold Strokes Books

Genres: Romance, LGBTQ+, Mystery & Crime, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, and Fiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Unrivaled

Radclyffe

Bet the Farm

Fiona Riley

Give In To Me

Elle Spencer

Pan Macmillan Australia

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Horror, Action & Adventure, Self-Help, Historical Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Mystery & Crime, History, Business, Travel, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Architecture, Art, Cookbook, Humor, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Short Story

Location: Sydney, AU

Website: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Largest

💥 Hit titles
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson

Circus of Wonders

Elizabeth Macneal

The Evening and the Morning

Ken Follett

Grey Oak Publishing

Genres: Romance, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, and Fiction

Location: Bangalore, IN

Website: http://www.greyoak.in/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
First Collection: Snapshots of Contemporary India

Paritosh Uttam

Down the Road

Ahmed Faiyez & Rohini Kejriwal

The Newsroom Mafia

Oswald Pereira

Speaking Tiger

Genres: Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, Business, Politics, Travel, Religion & Spirituality, Fantasy, Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, Novella, Short Story, and Poetry

Location: New Delhi, IN

Website: https://www.speakingtigerbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Battlefield

Vishram Bedekar

A Village Dies

Ivan Arthur

Murder in Shimla

Bulbul Sharma

Kensington Publishing

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Education & Reference, African-American, History, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, Romance, Urban Fiction, Westerns, True Crime, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Crimson Phoenix

John Gilstrap

After Francesco

Brian Malloy

Plain Jane

Fern Michaels

Second Story Press

Genres: 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, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://secondstorypress.ca/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Birds That Stay

Ann Lambert

The Butterfly Effect

Eve Zaremba

The Abortion Caravan

Karin Wells

Pantera Press

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, Horror, Women's Fiction, Romance, Action & Adventure, Humor, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Sydney, AU

Website: https://www.panterapress.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Lead the Way

Jean Hinchliffe

Collisions: Fictions of the Future

Leah Jing McIntosh

Darkness Is Golden

Mary Hoang

Tule Publishing

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Women's Fiction, Diverse Literature, and Fiction

Location: Los Angeles, US

Website: https://tulepublishing.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
A Viking's Shadow

H L Marsay

My Kind of Cowboy

Pam Crooks

The Fall Into Ruin

Bronwyn Stuart

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