Black Dot Publishing Ltd
17 February 2016
The Blurb . . .
When Maggie Taylor accepts a new job in Manchester, she is sure it is the right move for her family. The children have settled well although her husband, Duncan, doesn't appear to be so convinced.
But nothing prepares her for the shock of coming home from work one night to find that Duncan has disappeared, leaving their young children alone. His phone is dead, and she has no idea where he has gone, or why. And then she discovers she's not the only one looking for him.
When a woman who looks just like Maggie is brutally murdered and DCI Tom Douglas is brought in to investigate, Maggie realises how little she knows about Duncan's past. Is he the man she loves? Who is he running from?
She doesn't have long to decide whether to trust him or betray him. Because one thing has been made clear to Maggie - another woman will die soon, and it might be her.
Gripping from the beginning, this is an absolute edge of your seat,
unputdownable thriller which will leave you desperate for more. Do not start
reading unless you have the stamina to do it in one go!
My Review . . .
DCI Tom Douglas is fast becoming my favourite police
officer, and that is really saying something considering the competition
provided by Peter James' Roy Grace, Ian Rankin's Rebus, Peter Robinson’s
DCI Banks and my absolute favourite, Val McDermid’s DCI Carol Jordan.
Kill Me Again is the fifth instalment of the DCI Tom
Douglas series and what an instalment it is! We meet Maggie Taylor, who has
recently uprooted her family from Suffolk to Manchester following a job offer as
a criminal lawyer. Her husband, Duncan, stay at home dad to their 2 young
children and part time plumber, suddenly disappears without a trace, leaving
the children home alone, his mobile phone off and absolutely no clue as to his
whereabouts. As Maggie starts to dig about, something becomes very clear,
Duncan is absolutely not the man she thought he was.
The story flashbacks to 12 years ago when the then DI Tom
Douglas is working on a murder case, fast forward to the present and it appears
that he is working on an identical case, leading him (and the reader) to wonder
if he got the right man the first time round! Without delivering any spoilers,
this is a fast paced and enthralling story, weaving you deeper into the man
Douglas was when he was first starting out in Major Crime, which in turn allows
you to really feel for him as the man he is in the present. Supported by his
second in command, DI Becky Robinson, Douglas must race against the clock to
discover the truth about what really happened all those years ago, and what
impact that case has on the goings on in the present.
It is so utterly clear that the author was in the Police
Force, the attention to true detail in the policies and procedures is
brilliant, there are no unrealistic sudden clues that miraculously help to
solve the crime at the last possible minute, everything about this story is
totally and utterly compelling and realistic. The descriptive narrative is also
wonderful, drawing you completely in to the worlds of Maggie and Tom, giving just
the right amount of detail to feel that you could be stood right next to them,
without completely boring your socks off!
I thought I had it all figured out by about chapter 20 –
boy was I wrong!!! A real edge of your seat, plot twisting and spine chilling
thriller which I suggest you go and buy immediately!
About the author . . .
Rachel Abbott's debut thriller, Only the Innocent, was an international bestseller, reaching the number one position in the Amazon charts both in the UK and US. This was followed by the number one bestselling novels The Back Road, Sleep Tight and Stranger Child. Nowhere Child - a short novel based on the characters from Stranger Child - was Rachel's fifth book. In February 2016 she released her sixth novel, Kill Me Again.
In 2015 Amazon celebrated the first five years of the Kindle in the UK, and announced that Rachel was the #1 bestselling independent author over the five-year period. She was also placed fourteenth in the chart of all authors. Stranger Child was the most borrowed novel for the Kindle in the first half of 2015.
Rachel now lives in Alderney - a beautiful island off the coast of France, and is now able to devote time to her other love - writing fiction. For more information, see Rachel's website, or follow her on Twitter.
Rachel's website can be found at
Website : http://www.rachel-abbott.com
Blog : http://rachelabbottwriter.wordpress.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/RachelAbbott1Writer
And via Twitter - see the Twitter feed on this biography page.
About the author . . .
Rachel Abbott's debut thriller, Only the Innocent, was an international bestseller, reaching the number one position in the Amazon charts both in the UK and US. This was followed by the number one bestselling novels The Back Road, Sleep Tight and Stranger Child. Nowhere Child - a short novel based on the characters from Stranger Child - was Rachel's fifth book. In February 2016 she released her sixth novel, Kill Me Again.
In 2015 Amazon celebrated the first five years of the Kindle in the UK, and announced that Rachel was the #1 bestselling independent author over the five-year period. She was also placed fourteenth in the chart of all authors. Stranger Child was the most borrowed novel for the Kindle in the first half of 2015.
Rachel now lives in Alderney - a beautiful island off the coast of France, and is now able to devote time to her other love - writing fiction. For more information, see Rachel's website, or follow her on Twitter.
Rachel's website can be found at
Website : http://www.rachel-abbott.com
Blog : http://rachelabbottwriter.wordpress.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/RachelAbbott1Writer
And via Twitter - see the Twitter feed on this biography page.
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