Meet Astrid

Astrid is a London-based writer whose debut novel, White Knights, drew on her finance experience on Wall Street and explored the high cost of ambition.

Her new psychological thriller, Better the Devil, returns to that terrain of power and compromise—this time in the world of media and technology.

Across her work she examines how corruption, persuasion, and moral ambiguity shape lives, and the price of walking away.

White Knights

If every deal has a cost, how much are you willing to pay?

When Emma lands a backdoor onto Wall Street, her dream job finally feels within reach. She’s not there yet, but she’s determined to be taken seriously. The problem? In investment banking, she’s everything she shouldn’t be—young, blonde, and female.

Emma isn’t about to quit. When opportunity comes, she plays it smart. But on Wall Street, smart isn’t always enough. There’s only ever one winner—and everyone else is collateral.

White Knights is a coming-of-age novel about ambition, compromise, and the courage to stop chasing someone else’s dream and claim your own.

Better the Devil

How much of yourself would you sacrifice to uncover the truth?

When photojournalist Willa returns to London after a career-defining assignment, she discovers her sister dead in a suspected suicide.

Drawn into the shadows of her sister’s life and the grip of a powerful adversary, Willa is caught in a world where reality can be edited, narratives weaponised, and nothing is what it seems.

Better the Devil is a psychological thriller about identity, manipulation, and the devastating cost of truth.

Behind Closed Doors

Behind every smile is a secret. Behind every secret is a choice.

Olivia and Rahul want a fresh start. Their new country estate, a stately old house fused with a striking glass-and-light extension, promises to banish the shadows of the past. Freya, the architect who designed it, has her own reasons for returning—her showpiece house was once her stage, and she’s still addicted to the spotlight.

When Rahul suggests turning their renovation into a docuseries, it feels like reinvention for them all. But once the cameras roll, the truth is no longer theirs to control.

Behind Closed Doors is a psychological thriller about performance, betrayal, and the corruption of privacy in an age where nothing stays hidden.