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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 85 publishers.
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Hachette Australia
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, Children's, Poetry, Short Story
Location - Sydney, AU
Size - Largest
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.hachette.com.au/
💥 Hit titles
Sooley
John Grisham
The Night Train
Clyde Edgerton
The Warsaw Orphan
Kelly Rimmer
Pothi
Architecture, Art, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Comics & Graphic Novels, History, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Religion & Spirituality, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Self-Help, Nonfiction, Fiction
Location - Bangalore, IN
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://pothi.com
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
How to Make Money With Breakout Trading
Indrazith Shantharaj
You Can Have A Jumbo Memory
Amrut Jadhav
Intelligent Fanatics of India
Rohith Potti & Pooja Bhula
Lyrical Press
Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Urban Fiction, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, Novella
Part of - Kensington Publishing > Lyrical Press
Location - New York City, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Queries - Submit here
Website - https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
One Thing Leads to a Lover
Susanna Craig
A Pumpkin Spice Killing
Lynn Cahoon
Holding On
Stacy Finz
Pride Publishing
LGBTQ+, Horror, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Humor, Mystery & Crime, Historical Fiction, Diverse Literature, Fiction
Part of - Totally Entwined > Pride Publishing
Location - Los Angeles, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Queries & manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.pride-publishing.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Rattling Chains
T. Strange
Splinters of the Heart
Alyssa Rabil
Electra Rex
April C. Griffith
Flame Tree Press
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Fiction
Part of - Flame Tree Publishing > Flame Tree Publishing
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.flametreepress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Nirvana Effect
Brian Pinkerton
The Searching Dead
Ramsey Campbell
A Savage Generation
David Tallerman
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
Sapere Books
Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction
Location - London, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://saperebooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Dagger Dance
Elizabeth Bailey
The Fallen Eagles
Geoffrey Davison
Death in Delft
Graham Brack
Hodder & Stoughton
Cookbook, Health & Wellbeing, Biographies & Memoirs, Humor, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Mystery & Crime, Young Adult, History, Politics, Horror, Action & Adventure, Nonfiction, Fiction, Children's
Part of - Hachette > Hodder & Stoughton
Location - London, GB
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.hodder.co.uk/
💥 Hit titles
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carré
One Day
David Nicholls
Billy Summers
Stephen King
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
Speaking Volumes
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Westerns, Romance, Fiction
Part of - Zenerji Media Group > Speaking Volumes
Location - Naples, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - http://www.speakingvolumes.us/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Signal Thirty-Two
MacKinlay Kantor
Wicked Secrets
Justine Davis
The Ex
John Lutz
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