#BlogTour Close Your Eyes by Rachel Abbott

 It's a pleasure to take part in the BlogTour Close Your Eyes by Rachel Abbott today.

About the Author

Rachel Abbott began her career as an independent author in 2011, with Only the Innocent, which became a No.1 bestseller on Kindle, topping the chart for four weeks.

Since then, she has published eight further psychological thrillers and sold over 3 million copies. She is one of the top-selling authors of all time in the UK Kindle store, and her novels have been translated into 21 languages.

Rachel splits her time between Alderney – a beautiful island off the coast of France – and the Le Marche region of Italy, where she is able to devote all her time to writing fiction.

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About the book

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. I need to make a choice. If I keep running, I’ll never stop. If I go back, he will make me suffer.  

How many lives can one person ruin?

Review

Can I just say I'm majorly miffed that one of the most interesting elements of this book isn't mentioned in the blurb, ergo talking about it in my review would be a mega spoiler - and I really want to talk about it. Arrgh. I shall have to skirt around it and be all cagey in my approach.

Martha has inadvertently made herself a prime suspect for the murder of her boss's wife, regardless of whether she did it or not she looks guilty. Disappearing and leaving a trail of exactly zero evidence suggest she has something to hide and was planning some kind of crime from the very beginning.

The fact the investigating team queries whether she might be running from someone other than the police is a testament to how well they work together. There isn't an automatic assumption of guilt. They follow the evidence or lack of it, but are also aware that something else might be going on.

As Tom Douglas and team search for a killer, the story of Martha takes place simultaneously as the reader is taken back into the past to learn why Martha has done a bunk.

I really enjoyed where the author took this story. It might just be a storyline, however it is an aspect of our society that has multiplied and become a clear danger for the vulnerable, the lost and those looking for some kind of fulfillment. Unfortunately many children become casualties of the aforementioned people and their inability to assess the risk for themselves and others.

It's another cracking read in the Tom Douglas series. There is a clear intent to inform, whilst creating a riveting crime read, which is trademark Abbott.

Buy Close Your Eyes at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Publisher: Black Dot Publishing Ltd. Available in ebook, audio, paperback - 11 February 2021. Buy at Amazon com. 

#BlogTour Right Behind You by Rachel Abbott

Today it's an absolute pleasure to take part in the BlogTour Right Behind You by Rachel Abbott.

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, Stranger Child, Nowhere Child (a short novel based on the characters from Stranger Child), Kill Me Again, The Sixth Window, Come a Little Closer and And So It Begins. Her most recent novel, The Shape of Lies, was released in February 2019.

Rachel’s novels have now been translated into over 20 languages and her books have sold over 3 million copies in the English language.

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 #14 in the chart of all authors. Stranger Child was the most borrowed novel for the Kindle in the first half of 2015.

Rachel splits her time between Alderney – a beautiful island off the coast of France – and the Le Marche region of Italy, where she is able to devote all her time to writing fiction. For more information, see Rachel’s website, or follow her on Twitter.

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About the book
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 on the door. They are here.

Review
I can imagine plenty of people making a resolution to double-check credentials and call the police for confirmation if they are ever placed in the same situation as Jo. Being confronted by the possibility that your husband has done something heinous is one thing, but having to hand over your child because of it is quite another matter altogether. Then finding out you have been cruelly tricked by the people you trust the most, well it changes life as Jo knows it - forever.

The realisation that her child has been taken is so much worse than the fact her husband has gone too. Her vulnerable frightened little girl must be terrified, that's all Jo can think about. When it becomes clear that her husband and perhaps even one of her friends could be involved, Jo starts to get paranoid.

DCI Tom Douglas and Becky are on the case, but it's fair to say that Tom is a little distracted. He is about to become a father again and his brother muddies the waters for Tom again, both professionally and personally. It leaves Tom in a position of having to make a choice.

It's a psychological and domestic crime thriller. The author uses the intense and complex emotional ties within patchwork families to lay the groundwork for this read. Tom and his family always play some part in the Douglas series, however the main storyline would have survived without so much emphasis on them. If you've never read anything by Abbott before then I can only highly recommend you give her a try.

Buy Right Behind You at Amazon Uk or go to Goodreads for any other retailer. Publisher: Black Dot Publishing; pub date 16 Jan. 2020. Buy at Amazon com.