Modern British mysteries for the supernaturally inclined

Known for witty, character-driven plots, I craft stories featuring strong, independent women who outwit villains and (when necessary) the police, with the help of her partners in crime ... sometimes literally.

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An image of a closed paperback book laying face up, its cover is pistachio green with an illustration of a confused looking woman with red hair and a plaster on her forehead on the bottom right. The novel is titled 'Budding Suspicions', with the tagline 'a Blooming Detectives novel' in the bottom left corner. The book is written by Solène Fray, her name scrawled in white along the top of the cover.

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The past is never truly silent

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Book 1 of the Blooming Detectives, Budding Suspicions, is coming March 2025!

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An image of an iPad with an ebook on screen, the ebook cover is a pistachio green with an illustration of a confused looking woman with red hair and a plaster on her forehead on the bottom right. The novel is titled 'Budding Suspicions', with the tagline 'a Blooming Detectives novel' in the bottom left corner. The book is written by Solène Fray, her name scrawled in white along the top of the cover.

An image of an audiobook in an app on an iPhone, its cover is a pistachio green with an illustration of a confused looking woman with red hair and a plaster on her forehead on the bottom right. The novel is titled 'Budding Suspicions', with the tagline 'a Blooming Detectives novel' in the bottom left corner. The book is written by Solène Fray, her name scrawled in white along the top of the cover.

An image of a closed paperback book, titled ‘Budding Suspicions’ laying face up, its cover is pistachio green with an illustration of a confused looking woman with red hair and a plaster on her forehead on the bottom right. Around the book, in a grey handwritten font, are the book’s tropes with arrows leading from each back to the book: Amnesia Mystery, Silent Partners with Paws, Fish out of Water, Character Driven Story, Partners in Crime (Possibly Literally), and Small Welsh Village with Secrets.

Olewydd Press

01/ Budding Suspicions

Name: 01/ Budding Suspicions
Brand: Olewydd Press
SKU: BD01BS_Paper
Price: 10.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

£10.99 GBP

For Essie Hemmings, waking up at the bottom of some stairs in the small Welsh village of Llanrhydwen is just the start of her troubles. With no memory of her past and her grandmother found dead in the garden, Essie finds herself the prime suspect in a crime she can't remember committing.

Format: Paperback