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The series editor is mike ripley, an awardwinning crime writer and editor who was crime fiction critic for the daily. Founded in 1986, soho publishes 90 books a year across its soho press, soho crime and soho teen lists, and is known for introducing bold new literary voices, awardwinning international crime fiction, and compelling young adult mystery and thrillers. From hardbitten detectives to mildmannered vicars, whatever the guise of your favoured sleuth, we have just the thing to quench your thirst for murder. Brash books publishes psychological thrillers, murder mysteries, international espionage, and police procedurals. For more than twenty years, soho crime has been publishing atmospheric crime fiction set all over the world. Sally spedding, author of eight crime novels via traditional publishers, went indie with her ninth book, cut to the bone, after her publisher decided to produce ebooks only, and shortly after. Crime fiction author peter james adds the cherry on top with his foreword. Find out how to get published including help on getting started, literary agents, self publishing, vanity publishing and more.
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Collins crime club was an imprint of british book publishers william collins, sons and ran from 6 may 1930 to april 1994. Georges simenons sparing, knifeedged prose sets the bar for detective fiction, now reissued by penguin with brand. Nov 06, 2012 there are all sorts of opportunities for budding crime authors thanks to digital media and the internet. The true crime stories series dispels the shadows that envelop incidents of iniquity.
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