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Peter Abrahams

Born

in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

June 28, 1947

Website

http://www.peterabrahams.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books, Young Adult

Influences

Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene and Ross Macdonald

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Peter Abrahams is an American author of crime fiction for both adults and children.
His book Lights Out (1994) was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel. Reality Check won the best young adult Edgar Award in 2011. Down the Rabbit Hole, first in the Echo Falls series, won the best children's/young adult Agatha Award in 2005. The Fan was adapted into a film starring Robert De Niro and directed by Tony Scott (1996).
His literary influences are Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene, and Ross Macdonald. Stephen King has referred to him as "my favorite American suspense novelist".
Born in Boston, Abrahams lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. He is ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 32,391 ratings · 3,291 reviews · 118 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon: A Pop-up Book by Peter Abrahams (Adapter), Stephen King (Goodreads Author) (Creator), Alan Dingman (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 8,197 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down the Rabbit Hole (Echo Falls, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 6,913 ratings — published 2005 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Curtain (Echo Falls, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 2,434 ratings — published 2006 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reality Check 3.59 avg rating — 2,537 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Dark (Echo Falls, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 1,804 ratings — published 2008 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Perfect Crime 3.57 avg rating — 1,266 ratings — published 1998 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	666: The Number of the Beast by Peter Abrahams, Laurie Faria Stolarz (Goodreads Author), Christopher Pike 3.63 avg rating — 960 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oblivion 3.46 avg rating — 956 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tutor 3.58 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 2002 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	End of Story: A Psychological Thriller About a Writer Lured by a Prisoner's Dangerous Talent into Darkness 3.34 avg rating — 871 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Echo Falls (3 books)
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Outlaws of Sherwood Street (2 books)
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“Mom had the kind of love for her that you could feel, like it was part of the atmosphere”
― Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole

tags: family, love, mothers

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“To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered.”
― Peter Abrahams, End of Story: A Psychological Thriller About a Writer Lured by a Prisoner's Dangerous Talent into Darkness

tags: reciprocity

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“Ingrid shrugged...like Marie Antoinette hearing about the starving peasants.”
― Peter Abrahams, Down the Rabbit Hole

tags: humor, marie-antoinette

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