Finding Mabel

Finding Mabel is a slow-burn narrative told through discoveries, case notes, and lived recollection.

When a senior police sergeant uncovers something that should not exist, she begins a search that leads her to Mabel Shirley, a woman whose life has unfolded at the edges of official record and quiet history. What begins as investigation becomes recognition, as fragments of a hidden world surface through memory, documents, and consequence.

These stories are not about spectacle or spells, but about what is carried forward, what is buried, and what must eventually be faced. The reader is not given answers all at once, but invited to find Mabel alongside those searching for her, piece by piece.

The story continue beyond first discovery, following the deeper truths, the filling of gaps, and the moment when one custodian must take up another’s mantle.

This work is written by Rich Odell, a British author interested in quiet histories, threshold moments, and the unseen systems that shape ordinary lives. He writes slowly, deliberately, and with an affection for characters who carry responsibility without recognition.