Short Stories/Novellas
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| A Quiet Winter | 2015 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Glasshopper | 2009 | Buy |
| Hurry Up and Wait | 2011 | Buy |
| Summer of ‘76 | 2013 | Buy |
| Flight | 2015 | Buy |
| Little Sister | 2018 | Buy |
| Beautiful Liars | 2019 | Buy |
| Lake Child | 2019 | Buy |
| 33 Women | 2020 | Buy |
| Homecoming | 2022 | Buy |
| One Girl, One Summer | 2024 | Buy |
Isabel Ashdown writes fiction that sits between literary drama and domestic suspense, with families at the center of every story. Her debut, Glasshopper, won the Mail on Sunday Novel Competition and established her talent for writing about fractured families with empathy and precision.
Her novels have grown darker over the years, moving from the coming-of-age territory of her early work toward full psychological suspense in books like Beautiful Liars and 33 Women. What stays constant is Ashdown’s interest in how the past shapes the present — her characters are always dealing with secrets, lies, and the consequences of choices made years or decades earlier.