MM THRILLERS & FORENSIC SUSPENSE

Miles Ashbourne

Miles Ashbourne writes serious, propulsive MM thrillers set in the modern day and the past. Pairing forensic realism with a strong romantic heartbeat, he insists queer characters lead the story rather than orbit it. He is best known for the elite-forensics Critical Trace Crime Files trilogy and his collection of high-stakes standalone mysteries.

When he isn’t drafting, Miles is buried in research—interviewing investigators and incident responders, reading case reports, walking docks, or haunting archives—chasing the small, telling details that make a scene feel intensely lived-in. He builds each book with content awareness and his sensitive readers in mind, ensuring authentic representation across his suspenseful worlds.

Before writing full-time, he worked assorted research gigs and volunteer shifts with community legal clinics, experiences that heavily inform his focus on complex systems and resilient survivors. Influences include John le Carré’s moral complexity, Tana French’s character depth, and the clear-eyed procedural grit of Kathy Reichs—all filtered through a distinctly queer lens.

He lives in London, keeps writerly night-owl hours, and firmly believes that tea, notebooks, and public libraries can solve most problems.