Full Editorial Care
Every author receives professional developmental, line, and copy editing, as well as creative planning. Your book is guaranteed individual attention from professionals with editing and publishing experience.
Open for Submissions
Looking for crime & thriller novels
Gold House Publishing is looking for twisty commercial crime, thriller, mystery, and suspense novels in most subgenres. No literary agent or previous writing experience is required. Publishing with Gold House means collaborating with a driven team that provides professional editing for every book and a supportive creative environment for writers.
Ideal word count70,000–90,000words
Crime & Thriller at Gold House
What we’re looking for in Crime & Thrillers
Crime & Thriller Subgenres We’re Looking For
Crime & Mystery
Thriller & Suspense
Crime & Thriller Subgenres We’re Not Looking For
- True Crime (Nonfiction)
- Literary Crime Fiction
- Young Adult Crime/Thrillers
Please review our Genres page for more information about genres we do and do not publish.
Crime & Thriller tropes and content we’d love to see
- Red Herrings
- Race Against the Clock
- Small Town, Big Secrets
- Locked Room
- Cold Case Reopening
- Innocents Being Framed
- The Amateur Sleuth
- The Reluctant Ordinary Hero
- The Unreliable Narrator
- The Loner Detective
- The Obsessive Investigator
- The Quirky Sidekick
- The Mysterious Stranger
- The Serial Killer
- The Intelligent Psychopath
- The Unassuming Villain
- The Toxic Partner/Marriage
- The Obsessive Ex
- The Nightmare Neighbors
- The Vacation/Trip Gone Wrong
- My Spouse is Out to Get Me
- Close Circle of Suspects
- Characters Trapped Together
- Not Who They Seem
- The “Perfect” Lives
- The Stalker
- Toxic Friendships
- Missing Person
- Cults
- Blackmail
- Manipulation
- Victim Gets Revenge
- Good For Her
- Multiple Murders
- Secret Past Returns
- The Big Reveal
- The Final Twist
Professional editing from a former Big-Five editor with crime and thriller experience
Rebecca JamiesonCo-founder & Editorial Lead · Former HarperCollins editorThe Editorial Advantage
Editorial expertise for Crime & Thriller authors
Gold House Publishing’s co-founder is a professional book editor with over a decade of experience working with writers, including editing bestselling and debut crime and thriller books at HarperCollins and as a freelance book editor. All crime and thriller authors at Gold House will work with our co-founder and receive professional developmental, line, and copy editing, as well as creative planning, to help elevate their story, define their book’s hook, identify the strongest commercial positioning, and aim for bestseller potential.
- Developmental Editing
- Line Editing
- Copy Editing
- Creative Planning
The Gold House Publishing Package
Custom Packaging & Cover Design
Each book shines with eye-catching professional packaging and outstanding cover design that is genre accurate. The cover look, copy, title, and formatting will all be expertly executed to help your book stand out, while effortlessly communicating the right genre and tone for readers.
Global Reach
Gold House publishes all titles worldwide in eBook and print-on-demand formats on Amazon and all other major digital retailers. We want to reach all your readers in all territories.
No Fees & Better Royalties
Authors never pay us any submission or publishing fees. Gold House offers higher royalty rates than most traditional publishers and competitive royalty rates with other independent publishers.
Have a crime or thriller novel ready to submit?
We would love to read it. Submissions are open to all. We welcome both debut and experienced authors with a complete manuscript. No literary agent is required. You will hear from us quickly. We aim to reply to all submissions within two to four weeks.