Severn House - Independent publisher of genre fiction

“A jam-packed, genre-bending story of murder, captivity, ghosts, monsters, and a harrowing escape to freedom . . . exquisite”
Publishers Weekly
on Maria Dong’s Aviary

“This tense psychological thriller, where nothing is as it seems, will keep you on edge until the final reveal”
Kirkus Reviews
on Jane Hasedline’s Everyone is Perfect Here

“Ingenious . . . A promising series debut that will have cozy lovers and occult fans begging for more”
Kirkus Reviews
on Erica Wright’s The Museum of Unusual Occurrence

Ellen Curtis – professional declutterer, amateur sleuth and woman of a certain age – hunts for a missing will with a killer bequest in A Disorganised Death, from the original king of British cosy crime, Simon Brett.

“An enjoyable read filled with Hawai’ian ambiance, a likable heroine, and a meaty murder”
Booklist on Leslie Karst’s Murder, Local Style

“A plucky female cop, wartime drama and romance, and a look at how the war gave women new opportunities give oomph to Nickson’s slow-burning police procedural”
Booklist on Chris Nickson’s The Faces of the Dead

A young woman fights to follow her dreams amidst the political turmoil following the Kennedy assassination in this gripping, moving, historical novel from M.B. Henry.

Out Now

Death Stalks Glevum

Rosemary Rowe

Mirror Twin

Lynn Hightower

Death in the Palace

Barbara Hambly

Buried in a Book

T.C. LoTempio

The Bark Before the Dawn

Sarah Fox

The Ex-Wives Murder Club

Mette Ivie Harrison

The Boy in the Wall

Jeffrey B. Burton

If A Face Could Kill

Becky Masterman

Murder in the Reading Room

Con Lehane

Coming Soon

7th Apr 2026

A Disorganised Death

Simon Brett

7th Apr 2026

The Faces of the Dead

Chris Nickson

7th Apr 2026

Aviary

Maria Dong

7th Apr 2026

Murder, Local Style

Leslie Karst

7th Apr 2026

Everyone Is Perfect Here

Jane Haseldine

7th Apr 2026

The Museum of Unusual Occurrence

Erica Wright

7th Apr 2026

Hold on to Tomorrow

M. B. Henry

5th May 2026

Reverse

Steven F. Havill

5th May 2026

Cousins From a Distant Sun

Tamar Myers

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