BOOK 1
Who Framed
Sadie Lane?
Start with the first printed puzzle mystery in Violet Ashford’s case files.
Buy on AmazonModern mystery author + clever puzzle-book creator
Violet Ashford
Puzzle mysteries for readers who like their clues neat, their suspects messy, and their pencils sharpened.
Violet Ashford writes printed mystery puzzle books built for quiet deduction, careful elimination, and the very satisfying moment when the paper finally gives up its secret.
BOOK 1 * A SADIE LANE CASE FILE
Violet’s Note: The obvious suspect is rarely the most interesting one.
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Who Framed Sadie Lane?
40,000 suspects. 20 clues. 1 killer.
Elliot Blackwood was found dead during the final hour of his annual charity gala. By midnight, the police had a suspect: Sadie Lane. But Sadie left behind 20 clues hidden in the gala records. Somewhere inside a list of 40,000 suspects is the person who framed her.
What Violet Writes
Mysteries made for
the page.
Violet Ashford writes printed puzzle mysteries built for readers who like to mark pages, track clues, eliminate suspects, and solve the case by logic.
Her books combine the structure of pencil-and-paper solving with the atmosphere of modern mystery fiction: elegant enough to savor, precise enough to solve, and fair enough to reward close attention.
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Who Framed
BOOK 2
Who Framed
Veda Hayes?
Open the second case file and continue solving with a new suspect list and clue trail.
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June 2026
Who Framed
Arlan Dunn?
Step into Case File #3 and follow the evidence before the truth is lost.
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