American mystery classics

“The crime novel is the great moral literature of
our time.”
JEAN-PATRICK MANCHETTE

“Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle.

They
read it to get to the end. If it’s a letdown, they won’t
buy anymore.

The mysterious bookshop

Open road media submissions

Mysterious blog

Scarlet publishing

Mystery books website

The first page sells that book. The last
page sells your next book.”
MICKEY SPILLANE

Mystery is one of those genres that over the years has managed to accumulate a huge number of subgenres. From cozy mysteries,  literary mysteries, and crime novels to ones focused on conspiracies, now there is a mystery subgenre for almost every reader’s taste.

Most of the following publishers focus on one or two subgenres of mystery, although other companies are much larger multigenre publishers that are open to mystery books, as well as books from other genres.

To learn more about any of the publishers, click on their name in order to read the full review.

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