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Author | THE MODEL PATIENT out now 🖋️ Former dancer writing dark psychological stories - THE DANCE OF THE DOLLS | THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES 🩰
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Writing THE MODEL PATIENT was intense and sent me into the most creative places I've ever been, and so it's wonderfully exciting to see my book featured in two trades - @_thebookseller and @bookbrunch.news
Thank you to my fabulous publisher @simonschusteruk for believing in my book and sharing my passion for this novel about a dangerous patient-therapist relationship in 1960s London.
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#themodelpatient #simonandschuster #lucyashe #books #psychotherapy #psychoanalysis #suspensebooks #1960s #fiction #beautifulbooks #therapist #psychologicalthriller
24 Nov 2025
I am delighted to be able to finally talk about this exciting news! My novel, THE MODEL PATIENT, will be published April 2026. Writing this novel was quite a journey for me, and I’m grateful for my two wonderful publishers in the US and UK for their love and enthusiasm for this book.
Thank you to @people for their exclusive cover reveal today. I adore this cover for the US edition, designed by Patrick Sullivan, and I am so lucky to be published by @unionsqandco / Hachette again for this, my third novel.
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UK cover reveal to come….
The Model Patient is available to pre-order now: links in bio.
A psychological tour-de-force about obsession, control, and the dangerous relationship between a therapist and patient in 1960s London.
Evelyn Westbrook has given up her career as a model and wants to find fulfilment in married life. But when her husband suggests they start trying for a baby, everything begins to unravel. Struggling to cope with crippling nightmares, Evelyn takes the advice of a friend and goes to see a psychotherapist. She is apprehensive about exposing her intimate issues: what she absolutely does not want to do is unearth the secrets of her past. The enigmatic Dr. Daley, however, is determined to take her back there, and she soon finds herself drawn to him. Evelyn’s interest in her therapist turns to obsession, and she becomes locked in a powerful relationship where the question of whether he is caring for her or manipulating her becomes impossible to untangle.
#themodelpatient #lucyashe #peoplemagazine #unionsquareandco #psychologicalthriller #suspense #newbooks
#books2026
#therapybooks #psychoanalysis #psychotherapy #thrillerbooks #getredpr #coverreveal #beautifulbooks
15 Oct 2025
Here is the spectacular cover for the UK edition of THE MODEL PATIENT. I am very excited to have been taken on by Simon and Schuster UK for my third novel. Meeting the team last year and hearing about their incredible vision for this novel was a highlight of my writing career.
Coming April 2026 🩷
Available to pre-order now, links in bio.
A taut psychological exploration of obsession, betrayal and the dangerous relationship between a patient and therapist in 1960s London.
In the quiet hush of her therapist’s office, Evelyn Westbrook finds herself revealing secrets she’d prefer to keep hidden. Abandoning her successful modelling career to become a model wife for her husband, Henry, has left her days feeling empty. Her mother-in-law is pressing for a child that Evelyn doesn’t want. And her nights are haunted by a recurring nightmare in which she becomes a snake devouring its own tail.
As Evelyn’s sessions with the enigmatic Dr. Daley unearth more questions than answers, her interest in him turns into obsession. But is her therapist finally providing the care she needs, or is she being manipulated?
A compelling novel about identity, power, and the cost of playing the roles we never chose.
#themodelpatient #lucyashe #books2026 #newbooks #psychotherapy #psychoanalysis #psychologicalthriller #suspense #1960s #fiction #simonandschuster
15 Oct 2025
What I get up to alongside my writing... I'm taking on new clients, and if you or your child are looking for support in any of these areas, please do get in touch. I work with children aged 10 - 18, as well as adults.
🖋 English entrance exam preparation for 11+ and 13+, including general interview practice
🖋 English reading and writing support and exam preparation for children between the ages of 10 and 18 (including GCSES)
🖋 A Level English Literature support, including coursework
🖋 University application support
🖋 Higher education student support: guidance on essay writing; general organisation; research; executive function skills
🖋 Fiction writing mentoring for adults, including submission package support
#tutoring #Englishteacher #mentoring #creativewriting #tutoring
05 Nov 2026
An October week in Devon - I did not want to leave.
A very special week with family, slowing down, having lots of time to read and relax (thank you to my parents for being such devoted grandparents), and getting some field trip book research done - book 5....!
Also exciting to sign copies of my novel in @dogberryfinch in Okehampton and to see my short story, The Oil Painting, in print in @womanandhome magazine.
#Devon #books #themodelpatient #dartmoor #lucyashe
03 Nov 2026
Thank you @waterstonesgodalming for welcoming me in. It was a so special to return to the town where I grew up to sign copies of my novel #TheModelPatient
For readers who know Godalming well, you may notice a few chapters are set there.... and that Evelyn Westbrook is named after the road where I grew up - Westbrook Road, by the station.
I also popped into @piccadillywaterstones and the booksellers were so friendly, finding their stock of my first two novels for me to sign as well as The Model Patient.
Swipe across to see me battle the rain to get around bookshops last weekend! Not the best weather for a book tour 🤣
The Model Patient is a psychological novel about a 1960s former fashion model, Evelyn Westbrook, who develops a dangerous obsession with her therapist, and the question of whether he is caring for her or manipulating her begins to unravel.
#books #bookshop #waterstones #godalming
30 Oct 2026
I have a short story in @womanandhome 🩷
It's called The Oil Painting and it's inspired by my love of Devon where my parents live. It's about love, family and connecting with art.
On sale now - I'd love to know if you've read it 🩷
And Thank you to Woman & Home for including a mention of the recent publication of my novel The Model Patient - lovely to see it in there a page or two on from an interview with Bonnie Garmus!
#shortstory #womanandhome #lucyashe #author #Devon
27 Oct 2026
Thank you @dogberryfinch for welcoming me in to chat about #TheModelPatient and sign copies. It was a highlight of the paperback publication, especially to be there with my parents and my daughter.
Dogberry & Finch is a beautiful independent bookshop in Okehampton on the edge of Dartmoor. I highly recommend visiting if you're in the area. It's my parents' closest bookshop, and they now know where to do all their Christmas shopping ❤️
The Model Patient is a psychological novel about a former fashion model, Evelyn Westbrook, in 1960s London who becomes dangerously obsessed with her therapist, and the line between care and manipulation is blurred. Power dynamics, women's autonomy during a time of transition, and the seduction of therapy are at the heart of the novel.
#books #bookshop #Devon #indiebookshop
27 Oct 2026
Paperback publication week! 🩷 And I went on a tour around London's finest independent bookshops - thank you to the wonderfully friendly booksellers for welcoming me in.
The Model Patient is about former fashion model Evelyn Westbrook in 1960s London who develops a dangerous obsession with her therapist, and the question of whether he is caring for her or manipulating her begins to unravel.
A psychological novel described by Publishers Weekly as "catnip for fans of Alex Michaelides", author of The Silent Patient.
Bookshops visited:
@dauntbooks - Marylebone and Cheapside
@sheenbookshop
@southkenbooks
@kewbookshop
@the_bookelephant
@primrosehillbooks
Signed copies now available - and you can support indie bookshops 🩷
You can also buy my novel online from independent bookshops at @bookshop_org_uk
#themodelpatient #bookshops #books #booktour #author
25 Oct 2026
Happy paperback publication day to The Model Patient and wonderful @lucyashe_author!
‘Beautifully written and deeply unsettling’ ABIGAIL DEAN
‘Dark, humane, and utterly absorbing. I could not put it down’ JOANNA MILLER
Go get yours now! 📚 (🍕 not included)
@simonschusteruk @greeneheaton
22 Oct 2026
It's my birthday! To celebrate a busy week of turning 38 AND my novel #TheModelPatient coming out in paperback, I'm sharing some insights into my editing process...
No surprise that it always involves a new notebook, lots of coffee, and letting go of my fear enough to ask family members to read and give me feedback.
As a birthday gift to me, share your own editing tops tips in the comments! 🎁
#author #bookstagram
#editing #writingcommunity
20 Oct 2026
As we get closer to the paperback release of #TheModelPatient .... I'm pleased to say that the brilliant audio book edition narrated by @lucyscottpetrie is on offer. Part of the Audible Autumn 2 for 1 sale from now through to 31st October.
Lucy Scott's narration is exceptionally good, bringing the story of 1960s former fashion model Evelyn and her enigmatic therapist to life.
"An extraordinary achievement of narrative and psychology." Alis Hawkins
"Ashe draws readers in with this seductive story...Evocative, empathetic, and ultimately empowering, this coiled psychological thriller will be catnip for fans of Alex Michaelides." Publishers Weekly, starred review
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@audible_uk
#audiobook
#2for1 #psychologicalfiction #audible
19 Oct 2026
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