Author
Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams (born 1947) is the American thriller writer whose Lights Out, A Perfect Crime, and Oblivion earned Edgar nominations and the kind of Stephen King blurb that mattered. He also writes the Echo Falls YA mysteries under his own name and the Chet and Bernie Mystery series as Spencer Quinn.
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8
Books on file
8
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Years active
1998-2007
Reviewed
Our reviews of Peter Abrahams's work
A Perfect Crime
by Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams writing the modern Strangers on a Train. A wronged husband and a wronged ex-husband strike a deal.
Behind the Curtain
by Peter Abrahams
A Peter Abrahams YA mystery. The first Echo Falls book. Teenage detective work with adult moral weight.
Crying Wolf
by Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams writing campus-thriller territory. A scholarship student, a wealthy roommate pair, and a kidnapping that should have been a prank.
End of Story
by Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams writing a writing-workshop thriller. The convict who attends has very good fiction and an inconvenient past.
Last of the Dixie Heroes
by Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams sending a downsized executive into the world of Civil War reenactment. The slow tilt from hobby into something darker is masterfully timed.
Nerve Damage
by Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams writing about a sculptor with a terminal diagnosis and unfinished business. Late-period Abrahams at his most controlled.
Their Wildest Dreams
by Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams sending three suburban midwives into the desert with one suitcase of money. The slow disintegration is the point.
The Tutor
by Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams's slow-burning suburban thriller about a tutor who is not what he says he is.
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Peter Abrahams writing the modern Strangers on a Train. A wronged husband and a wronged ex-husband strike a deal.
A Peter Abrahams YA mystery. The first Echo Falls book. Teenage detective work with adult moral weight.
Peter Abrahams writing campus-thriller territory. A scholarship student, a wealthy roommate pair, and a kidnapping that should have been a prank.
Peter Abrahams writing a writing-workshop thriller. The convict who attends has very good fiction and an inconvenient past.
Peter Abrahams sending a downsized executive into the world of Civil War reenactment. The slow tilt from hobby into something darker is masterfully timed.
Peter Abrahams writing about a sculptor with a terminal diagnosis and unfinished business. Late-period Abrahams at his most controlled.
Peter Abrahams sending three suburban midwives into the desert with one suitcase of money. The slow disintegration is the point.
Peter Abrahams's slow-burning suburban thriller about a tutor who is not what he says he is.