A historical mystery makes two promises: a puzzle worth solving and a period rendered right. Readers hold the author to both. They notice when the poison couldn’t have been bought in 1817, or a hemline is wrong for the season. Reviews here are written by people who checked.
We publish across the range: Regency cozies (amateur sleuths, murders politely offstage), ancient-world and Vatican mysteries, and darker period crime. The first decision on any of them is where on that range the book sits, because a cozy cover on a dark book brings the wrong readers, and the wrong readers write the reviews that sink a page. Getting that call right is most of the work.
Our shelf runs from Lynn Messina’s Verity Lark cozies to Glenn Cooper’s ancient-world puzzles and John Rigoli and Diane Cummings’ Vatican mysteries. Readers here binge, so we plan for the series: pricing that makes starting easy, back matter that carries a reader forward, and a series bible we check each new book against.
The rest is our usual: read and assess before fees, then proofing, formatting, cover, metadata, an ARC campaign through NetGalley and BookFunnel, and ads tested small. You keep your rights, royalties, and accounts. We charge a fee, and what we promise is the work, not the result.
Historical Mysteries from our Catalogue
The full catalogue is on our Titles page; pricing is in the FAQ. If you write in this genre, cozy or dark, we’d like to hear about your series.
