Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasshopper | 2009 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
| 2 | Hurry Up and Wait | 2011 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
| 3 | Summer of ‘76 | 2013 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
| 4 | Flight | 2015 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
| 5 | Little Sister | 2018 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
| 6 | Beautiful Liars | 2019 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
| 7 | Lake Child | 2019 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
| 8 | 33 Women | 2020 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
| 9 | Homecoming | 2022 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
| 10 | One Girl, One Summer | 2024 | Isabel Ashdown | Buy |
Isabel Ashdown’s standalone novels trace an arc from literary family drama to domestic suspense. Glasshopper and Hurry Up and Wait are character-driven stories about families under strain. Summer of ‘76 and Flight mine the past for secrets that reshape the present. Her more recent novels — Beautiful Liars, Lake Child, 33 Women — lean harder into suspense, with plots built around deception and hidden danger.
Across ten novels, Ashdown has developed a distinctive voice for exploring how ordinary families harbor extraordinary secrets. Her books reward readers who appreciate psychological complexity alongside page-turning plots.