Peter Abrahams





Peter Abrahams

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born
June 28, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

gender
male

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influences
Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene and Ross Macdonald


About this author

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Peter Abrahams is the author of numerous novels, including End of Story, Oblivion, and Lights Out, which was nominated for an Edgar best novel award. He also writes the best-selling Echo Falls series for younger readers. He lives on Cape Cod.

Peter Abrahams is also writing under the pseudonym Spencer Quinn (Chet and Bert Mysteries).



Average rating: 3.62 · 7,284 ratings · 1,462 reviews · 48 distinct works
Down the Rabbit Hole (Echo ...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,285 ratings — published 1999 — 18 editions
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Behind the Curtain (Echo Fa...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 865 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions
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Reality Check
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 780 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions
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Into the Dark (Echo Falls, #3)
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions
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666: The Number of the Beast
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Oblivion
3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions
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Nerve Damage: A Novel
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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End of Story
3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
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The Tutor
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions
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A Perfect Crime
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions
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More books by Peter Abrahams…
Down the Rabbit Hole Behind the Curtain Into the Dark
Echo Falls (3 books)
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3.8216216216216217 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 3,700 ratings
Robbie Forester and the Out...
Robbie Forester (1 book)
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3.1538461538461537 of 5 stars 3.15 avg rating — 39 ratings

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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

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

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