Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
"I love, love, love great new crime fiction. How do I find it? Usually I ask my friend Luca Veste. I owe him hundreds of hours of great reading. Now he's doing it for real, not just for me - he's working with Black Spring Press, which means they're going to have a crime list that everyone will get excited about - and everyone will buy. Luca Veste is our genre's best talent spotter - Black Spring Press will be one to watch.’
Ian Rankin, bestselling author of the John Rebus series
"Crime fiction is going through a new Golden Age, finding readers looking for strong stories that explore the world around us and the problems we face. An independent publisher like Black Spring is the perfect fit for these fresh new voices and ways of seeing - and in Luca Veste they have a crime editor who knows the terrain like a skilled tracker. A great writer himself, he has an eye for the brightest and best. It's going to be an exciting and enriching journey for readers. Time to strap yourself in!"
Val McDermid, bestselling author of Wire in the Blood series.
"I know nobody with their finger more acutely on the pulse of crime fiction. I value his recommendations; they show a great eye for what’s worth my reading time."
Mark Billingham, bestselling author of the Tom Thorne series.
"Nobody knows more about the world of crime fiction than Luca Veste. He knows the business inside out and he knows all the movers and shakers. Most importantly of all, he knows a great crime novel when he sees one."
Collection: Crime, Mystery & Thriller
At Black Spring Publishing we consider crime fiction (mysteries, thrillers and procedurals) one of the cornerstones of British culture and, our press group.
We have an ongoing Black Spring Crime Prize, available for submissions via Submittable. Please enjoy our expansive collection of gripping crime and thrilling novels.
Maida Vale is the home of crime?!
Our headquarters in North London are the setting for many all-time old Hollywood classics detective films like Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (M stands for Maida Vale?!) and Preminger's Bunny Lake is Missing, as was the popular 1970s British crime television series, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
Some prominent crime fiction writers, Ruth Rendell, Nina Bawden, EC Bentley, Christianna Brand, and PD James have all lived in and/or written books set in Maida Vale too and an early ingénue of the police procedural of the police procedural and detective genre Wilkie Collins, was educated here.
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A Crime In The Land of 7,000 Islands
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A Digital Tomato
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Creative Justice
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Don't Falter
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Furnace Creek
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German Justice
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Jasper's Brood
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Saints & Martyrs
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Shooting the Wire
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Tails: The Animal Investigators of London
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THE OTHER SIDE OF COMO
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The Afterlives of Doctor Gachet by Sam Meekings
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The Big Bang!: Crime Prize Anthology
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The Black Spring Crime Series Book Club - 10 Book Deal
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THE COMPLETE BRUTE!
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The Salt Cutter
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The Scotsman
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Until We Knew, Twice: Life With MND/ALS And FTD
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Winter of Shadows
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The Black Spring Crime Series Book Club - 10 Book Deal
The Black Spring Crime Series Books are all available for film and TV adaptations, and will be sold at all interested major and indie bookshops, as well as online, in both the UK and USA, via their distributors BookSource and NBN; as paperbacks, then e-books and audiobooks.