Short Crime Reads
The only place where crime is short and sweet
Dear Readers
Specializing in compact crime reads, gripping headlines, and gory details in 125 or fewer pages for all of our books seems like a good idea to us, so that’s what we’re delivering.
Dear Authors
We’re calling all writers who love researching and writing about crime — fiction and nonfiction. These enthusiasts will produce the best in thrillers, suspense, and dark detective fiction.
We handle editing, design, production, and marketing.
If you can write intriguing content in 125 words or less, contact us.
Dear Crime Lovers
Heather L. Lawton initially started HLP for people who don’t like to read and thought what better genre to captivate people than crime?
Lawton is a multi-media content creator with over ten years of writing experience and made a TV appearance on Discovery ID's, Disappeared, reporting on "missing mom," Ciera Breland.
The content creator edited Justice Clarence Thomas' My Grandfather's Son for ebook format during her employment at Harper Collins Publishers.
Alongside working for one of the largest publishing houses in the world, her resume includes Audible/Amazon, Examiner.com, the NY Post, and Inquisitr.com.
As a crime writer, she contributed over 25 articles to Inquisitr, adding to an outstanding work summary.