Rachel Slatter

Hi, I’m Rachel! I joined Joffe Books as editorial director in September 2025. If you haven’t heard of Joffe Books, we’re one of the UK’s leading independent genre-fiction digital publishers, and our eBook sales are up there with the Big Five and Amazon’s imprints. In 2024 we sold over 3 million eBooks, plus the equivalent of another 6 million via Kindle Unlimited. Currently, around 60% of our sales are in the UK, and 40% in the US. We spend over £1.5 million annually on advertising, and over £1,000 per week on all new authors, as our aim is to turn every single book we publish into a digital bestseller (though we do also love print, and publish lovely paperback editions too). Our authors and our amazing readers are at the heart of all we do!

I am looking to acquire fantastic, page-turning crime, mysteries and thrillers for our main Joffe Books imprint. These can be brand-new and unpublished, but I am also actively looking to scoop up previously published series and standalones and republish them – bringing them to a whole new audience and a whole new level of sales. If you’re an established author with a self-pubbed backlist or your rights have reverted from your traditional publisher, I’m interested!

Our authors come from all walks of life, and all around the world, and I am very much open to diverse books and diverse authors. I am open to debuts as well as books from established authors.

What I’m looking for:

I love a series! I’m looking to acquire both brand-new and previously-published series in the following genres, set either in the UK or the US:

• Character-driven police procedurals with strong regional settings. I am totally open to big cities, but I would particularly love to see small towns and rural and coastal communities. I’d love a series set in Scotland, and there’s definitely room on my list for more American female cops. (I’m also open to foreign settings, but with a British or American protagonist – think Death in Paradise!)
• Contemporary cozy mysteries, ideally with a female protagonist. Feline and canine sidekicks a bonus 😉
• Golden age 1920s/30s cozy mysteries, with a female protagonist
• Action/adventure thrillers, with a male protagonist who’s ex-SAS or armed forces, or the US equivalent (Delta Force, SEALs, etc)
• And I’m also on the lookout for a really good US thriller series or two with a female FBI agent

I am also super keen to acquire standalones in the following genres – again, I’m completely open to brand-new books and backlist:

• Psychological thrillers and domestic suspense, set in the UK or the US, with a female protagonist. I’m looking for a really strong hook here – blow me away with a premise that really reels me in.

What I’m NOT looking for:

I’m not currently looking for books outside of crime, mystery and thriller. (Feel free to submit romance and sagas to our submissions inbox, to be considered for our Choc Lit imprint.)

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to submissions@joffebooks.com

Joffe Books is open to both submissions direct from authors, as well as those with agents. To submit to me without an agent, please send your submission to su*********@********ks.com and address it for my attention.

Please include in your email:

1. Your full-length book (minimum 60,000 word count) attached as a .pdf or Word .doc (Word .doc preferred).

2. A 3-paragraph synopsis in the body of the email, including what genre you see your book belonging in.

3. 100 words about yourself in the body of the email.

4. The following must be included in the subject line of the email: your name and book genre and the word submission. For example: John Smith psychological thriller submission. If these are not included it won’t reach the right people.

5. Please let us know where you heard about Joffe Books.

I will be in touch within three months if your submission is of interest. During this window, please only get in touch if you have an offer from another publisher or if you have signed up with a literary agent.

Please note: we receive a massive amount of submissions. We read every one and would love to be able to respond to each, but we simply don’t have the resources to do so. If you don’t hear from us within three months, please assume that your submission is unsuccessful. Do not be disheartened if you don’t hear from us. What is not right for us may be exactly what another publisher is seeking. We encourage you to look for other opportunities to publish elsewhere.

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