Bloodhound Books

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Bloodhound Books
Parent company Open Road Integrated Media
Founded2014
FounderBetsy Freeman
Fred Freeman
Country of originEngland
Headquarters location Cambridge
Fiction genres Crime, mystery, thriller
Official website bloodhoundbooks.com

Bloodhound Books is an independent book publisher specializing in crime fiction based in Cambridge, England and founded by Betsy Freeman, also known as Betsy Reavley, [1] in 2014. [2] [3]

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Background

Founder Betsy Freeman started out as a writer and, working alongside her husband Fred Freeman, chose to open Bloodhound Books as a publisher that would focus on one untapped book genre, crime. [3]

Bloodhound Books has sold approximately six million book worldwide. [2]

By Bloodhound Book's third year in business book sales reached over one million pounds. [3]

Parent company

Open Road Integrated Media acquired Bloodhound Books in 2021. [2] [4]

GlobalScribe

Bloodhound Books founders Betsy Freeman and Fred Freeman founded GloablScribe in Cambridge, England in the 2020s, an artificial intelligence fiction translation service for both authors and publishers. [1] [5]

Authors

Bloodhound Books published authors and novels have included Songs of the Dead Road by Carolyn Newton, [6] the thriller Cargo by author J.C. Maçek III, [7] Anita Waller, writer of the psychological thrillers Beautiful and 34 Days [3] and The Dead Detective by bestselling novelist Alan Russell. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Creamer, Ella (July 8, 2025). "AI translation service launched for fiction writers and publishers prompts dismay among translators". The Guardian .
  2. 1 2 3 Milliot, Jim (July 27, 2021). "Open Road Buys U.K.'s Bloodhound Books". Publishers Weekly . Archived from the original on August 6, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Hummel, Heather (December 29, 2017). "Bloodhound Books - A Crime Fiction Publisher That's Killing It". HuffPost .
  4. ↑ "OR/M Announces the Acquisition of Independent UK Publisher Bloodhound Books". Business Wire. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021.
  5. ↑ Nawotka, Ed (October 15, 2025). "AI Translation Race Accelerates". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on October 16, 2025.
  6. ↑ Norris, Sarah (February 14, 2026). "Book Review: 'Songs of the Dead Road' is a survivor's story grounded in place, memory, music". Chattanooga Times Free Press .
  7. ↑ "Cargo". Kirkus Reviews . November 20, 2018.
  8. ↑ Kaufman, Catharine (November 14, 2025). "Local sleuth-crafting bestseller Alan Russell celebrates 20th landmark novel". The San Diego Union-Tribune . Archived from the original on November 22, 2025.


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