Our Books

  • A Field Guide to Deception
  • All in the Seasoning
  • Angels and Manners
  • Babies, Bikes and Broads
  • Bleeding Hearts
  • Blood Guilt
  • Booked for Murder
  • Cat Rising
  • Common Murder
  • Conferences are Murder
  • Dance in the Key of Love
  • Dawn of the Dance
  • Deadline for Murder
  • Dreams and Swords
  • For Now, For Always
  • Girls with Hammers
  • Greetings from Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer
  • Hostage to Murder
  • I Came Out For This?
  • Idaho Code
  • Last Chance at the Lost and Found
  • Legacy of Love
  • Love in the Balance
  • Mirrors
  • Mouths of Babes
  • Never Ending
  • Red Audrey and the Roping
  • Report for Murder
  • Risk
  • Stranded
  • Thicker than Water
  • Under the Witness Tree
  • Verge
  • What's Best for Jane

Featured

Spotlight: The Lindsay Gordon Series by Val McDermid Spotlight: The Lindsay Gordon Series by Val McDermid

Before Lindsay Gordon, there were sleuths who liked whiskey. And sleuths who liked cigarettes. And of course there were sleuths who liked women. The thing is, they were all men. Lindsay Gordon was the first lesbian. Out from the start, she strode fearlessly...  More →

Events

Kelly and Val on Women-Stirred Radio Kelly and Val on Women-Stirred Radio

Val McDermid and Kelly Smith will be on Women-Stirred Radio on Feb 4 from 4:15 to  More →

Sappho’s Salon Reading and Signing | Chicago Sappho’s Salon Reading and Signing | Chicago

Elana Dykewomon will be reading and signing as part of Sappho’s Salon at Women  More →

Elana Dykewomon Reading | Ft. Lauderdale, FL Elana Dykewomon Reading | Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Elana Dykewomon held a reading and signing in the Distinguished Author Series at  More →

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Newsletters

January 2010 January 2010

We love good books, just like you do January 2010 Welcome to Bywater Books   More →

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Authors

Val McDermid Val McDermid

Val McDermid grew up in a Scottish mining community and read English at Oxford. She  More →

Joan Opyr Joan Opyr

Joan Opyr is a writer and editor living in Moscow, Idaho. Idaho Code is her first  More →

Mari SanGiovanni Mari SanGiovanni

Mari SanGiovanni lives in Rhode Island not very far from her perfect Italian family.  More →

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News

Review: Jill Malone | Jane and Jane Review: Jill Malone | Jane and Jane

It is rare to find an author who knows how to write books that truly booby-trap her  More →

Video: Bywater Books Booksigning at Womencrafts Video: Bywater Books Booksigning at Womencrafts

A short clip of Bywater authors Cynn, Z, Marcia, Mari, Bett, and Marianne at a booksigning  More →

Val McDermid on Open Book – Neglected Classics Val McDermid on Open Book – Neglected Classics

Val McDermid appeared on Open Book on BBC Radio 4. The program invited 10 authors  More →

Marcia Finical Wins a Goldie Marcia Finical Wins a Goldie

Many congratulations to Marcia Finical: with Last Chance at the Lost and Found, she  More →

Val McDermid’s “A Place of Execution” on PBS Val McDermid’s “A Place of Execution” on PBS

A 13-year-old girl vanishes from an English village, and the mystery deepens 40 years  More →

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Submissions

Submission Form Submission Form

Manuscript Submission Use this form to submit your work. Be sure...  More →

Submission Tips Submission Tips

The Basics: 1. Follow Directions While it may seem that publishers are in a conspiracy to force you to make changes every time you have to submit a manuscript, this is not the case....  More →

Submitting your manuscript to Bywater Books Submitting your manuscript to Bywater Books

How to Submit Your Manuscript Bywater Books is looking for well-written commercial fiction targeted to lesbian readers. We are especially interested in mysteries, romances and general...  More →