AvailableApril 14, 2026

Quin Ashford

Beauty under pressure

Quin Ashford writes dark, cinematic fiction where obsession, memory, and power press against the polished surfaces people present to the world.

The Glass Veil is available now. Enter the first Evelyn Shaw novel, where polished glamour fractures into poison, suspicion, and the threat of what comes next.

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The Glass Veil
Series
Evelyn Shaw
Based In
Calgary, Alberta
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Featured novel
The Glass Veil

The night was perfect. Until the champagne was served.

Release
April 14, 2026
Featured Release

The Glass Veil is now available.

Now available. A poisoned toast. A locked gala. A warning sent before the murder. The Glass Veil opens the Evelyn Shaw series with glittering danger and a killer already choosing the next victim.

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Evelyn ShawBook One

The Glass Veil

The night was perfect. Until the champagne was served.

When heiress Clara Van Dorn collapses at New York's elite Silver Veil Gala, Detective Evelyn Shaw has minutes to solve a poisoning before a sealed room full of suspects turns lethal.

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About Quin

Dark fiction rooted in atmosphere, fracture, and emotional pressure.

Quin Ashford writes stories where beauty, danger, memory, and control move together beneath polished surfaces. The result is fiction that aims to feel immersive, elegant, and quietly devastating.

Based In
Calgary, Alberta
Writing
Dark, emotionally charged fiction with multiple series in development.
About Quin

A dark fiction author writing with atmosphere, tension, and long-form emotional stakes.

Based in Calgary, Alberta, Quin Ashford writes dark fiction drawn to tension, atmosphere, and the moment something slips out of place.

Quin Ashford writes stories where beauty rarely holds for long. Beneath polished surfaces, something always strains to break through: obsession, memory, danger, desire, or the truth someone thought could stay hidden.

Based in Calgary, Alberta, Ashford is drawn to dark fiction that lingers in the space between elegance and threat. The work leans toward atmosphere, emotional pressure, and the moments when control begins to slip.

Series

The world of Quin Ashford begins with Evelyn Shaw and continues beyond it.

The Glass Veil is the first doorway into Quin Ashford's fiction, with future novels and another series already waiting in the dark.

Current

Evelyn Shaw

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A suspense series following Detective Evelyn Shaw through polished rooms, hidden corridors, and crimes designed to send a message long before the truth is visible.

Book One is available now, with additional installments in development.

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Forthcoming

New Series Coming in 2026

A second major series under the Quin Ashford name is in development, centered on a different protagonist and a new emotional landscape.

First book planned for 2026. Date to be announced.

Date to be announced
What's Next

Another Quin Ashford series is planned for 2026.

A second protagonist, a new emotional architecture, and a new world of dark fiction. Title and release date are still under wraps.

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