Does anyone know of a way I can get my first book published

[geocaching womble]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone know of a way I can get my first book published?

I write short stories in the Murder Mystery genre and would like some help getting my first story published so I can make some money out of it.
Can anyone help me with this please?

(It May be worth Pointing out that I have already been published on a website by writing an article on autism and geocaching)

Thanks
Dominic

[esim]

Have you considered online publishers either ebook or print on demand? Such as e.g. www.lulu.com or www.smashwords.com. (there are many more on the net)

Haven't tried the publishing malarkey myself, but a friend of mine have been struggling with the traditional route through agents and publishers and found it hard work as they want something that will guarantee them high volume sales.