Showing results by author "Rachel Abbott" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Some doors should not be opened. Some can never be closed. Jo Palmer’s peaceful and happy life is about to end. Ash - the man she loves - will be arrested by the police. Millie - her precious daughter - will be taken from her. She will lose her friends. She will doubt her sanity. Someone is stealing everything Jo loves, and will stop at nothing. But right now, Jo is laughing in her kitchen, eating dinner with her family, suspecting nothing. It’s raining outside. There’s a knock at the door. They are here.

Yesterday, Scott was dead. Today, he’s back. And Anna doesn’t believe in ghosts. Scott was Anna’s boyfriend. She loved him, but he ruined her life. When he died, she should have been free, but today Scott is on the radio, threatening to spill her secrets. Anna is a mother, a wife, and head teacher of a primary school. And she’s a good liar. She made one mistake, and now she is having to pay for it. Scott is the only person who knows the truth about her past, but how can he be alive?

But no one was married that day. Now Lucas has invited us back to celebrate the anniversary. But the anniversary of what? The wedding that never happened, or the tragedy that occurred just hours before the ceremony was due to begin? He's told us that tonight he has planned a game. We have our costumes, we have our parts, and everyone must play. The game, he tells us, is about to begin. What does Lucas want from us? What are we not being told? And what's going to happen when this terrible game is over?

Cleo knows she should be happy for her brother Mark. He's managed to find someone new after the sudden death of his first wife - but something about Evie just doesn't feel right...When Evie starts having accidents at home, her friends grow concerned. Could Mark be causing her injuries? Called out to their clifftop house one night, Sergeant Stephanie King finds two bodies entangled on blood-drenched sheets. Where does murder begin? When the knife is raised to strike, or before, at the first thought of violence?

When Olivia calls the police to report that her husband and children are missing, she believes she will never see them again. Two years later,Detective Chief Inspector Tom Douglas is called to investigate, but this time it’s Olivia who has disappeared. Her car is in the garage, and her purse is in her handbag. For some reason every single picture of this family has been removed from albums, phones, and computers. Then they find the blood...

Eighteen months after Natalie Gray loses her husband, Bernie, in a horrific hit and run accident, she finds love with his best friend, Ed Cooper, and moves into his home with her teenage daughter, Scarlett. But she begins to suspect Ed has a dark side - and even darker intentions. Natalie must get her troubled child to a safer place, but when Scarlett starts to hear voices coming from the empty apartment next door it seems she has unwittingly moved them into the heart of danger.

A standalone novella featuring the same characters as Rachel Abbott's best-selling novel Stranger Child. Eight months ago Tasha Joseph ran away, and her stepmother, Emma, has been searching for her ever since. She is desperate to give Tasha the home and security she deserves. The problem is, Emma isn't the only one looking for Tasha. The police are keen to find her, too. She could be a vital witness in a criminal trial, and DCI Tom Douglas has a team constantly on the lookout for her.

Don't let him under your skin. He'll destroy you. Don't fight him. He'll win. Run. Never let him find you. I thought I was safe here, but I'm not. I've stayed too long. Now Genevieve is dead and the police are on their way. It's time for me to go. I must stick to the plan - the one I made the day I arrived in this city. My bag is packed. It always is. I will destroy every shred of evidence of my existence. The police must never find me. If they do, so will he. I made a mistake and someone had to die. But I'm the one who has truly lost her life.

When Emma Joseph met her husband, David, he was a man shattered by grief. His first wife had been killed outright when her car veered off the road. Just as tragically, their six-year-old daughter mysteriously vanished from the scene of the accident. Now, six years later, Emma believes the painful years are behind them. She and David have built a new life together and have a beautiful baby son, Ollie. Then a stranger walks into their lives, and their world tilts on its axis. Emma's life no longer feels secure.

Wer soll dir glauben, wenn der einzige Zeuge tot ist? Nach dem schrecklichen Tod von Marks erster Frau war es Evie, die ihn zurück ins Leben brachte. Die beiden sind verliebt, sie haben eine kleine Tochter und leben zusammen in Marks wunderschönem Haus am Meer. Alles wirkt perfekt. Doch ist es das wirklich? Plötzlich scheint Evie immer öfter kleine Unfälle zu haben, hat immer wieder Verletzungen und blaue Flecke. Ist Mark dafür verantwortlich? Evies Freunde beginnen, sich Sorgen zu machen.

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Venin d'amour est-il mortel ? Obsession, jalousie, folie et faux-semblants... Après "Ce qui ne tue pas", la reine du suspense à l'anglaise frappe encore et livre un roman haletant, venimeux, aux apparences aussi trompeuses que dérangeantes. Anna est une femme bien. En tout cas, c'est ce qu'elle se raconte. Oui, elle a commis des erreurs, mais qui n'en fait pas ? Directrice d'école, mère de famille, épouse aimante, Anna a enterré son passé, reconstruit sa vie.

Tant de façons de devenir un assassin. Aucune pour rompre l'engrenage. Avec plus de trois millions d'exemplaires vendus en Grande-Bretagne, Rachel Abbott livre un thriller redoutable, une histoire d'amour, de manipulation et de vengeances mortelles saisissante : addictif et brutal. Cleo North sait qu'elle devrait se réjouir pour son petit frère Marcus. Pourtant, rien n'y fait, elle ne sent pas du tout sa nouvelle compagne, Evie, et voit d'un très mauvais œil l'influence croissante de la jeune femme sur son frère.