Peter Abrahams

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born

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

gender

male

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 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).

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Average rating: 3.62 · 7,284 ratings · 1,462 reviews · 48 distinct works

	Down the Rabbit Hole (Echo Falls, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 2,285 ratings — published 1999 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Behind the Curtain (Echo Falls, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 865 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Reality Check 3.51 avg rating — 780 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Into the Dark (Echo Falls, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	My rating:
	666: The Number of the Beast by Peter Abrahams ((Channel 99)), Christopher Pike (Saving Face), Joyce Carol Oates (The little sacrifice) 3.67 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Oblivion 3.41 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Nerve Damage: A Novel 3.37 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	My rating:
	End of Story 3.26 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Tutor 3.40 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions	My rating:
	A Perfect Crime 3.42 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1999 — 16 editions	My rating:

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Series by Peter Abrahams

Echo Falls (3 books)
by Peter Abrahams

3.82 avg rating — 3,700 ratings

Robbie Forester (1 book)
by Peter Abrahams

3.15 avg rating — 39 ratings

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Quotes by Peter Abrahams

“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

11 people liked it

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

tags: humor , marie-antoinette

5 people liked it

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10 votes 18.9%

What I Saw And How I Lied by Judy Blundell

7 votes 13.2%

The Dark Hills Divide by [author:Patrick Carman|46474

4 votes 7.5%

Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams

1 vote 1.9%

Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

1 vote 1.9%

53 total votes

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