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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 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 Bernie Mysteries).

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Average rating: 3.76 · 29,914 ratings · 3,113 reviews · 64 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon: A Pop-up Book by Peter Abrahams (Adapter), Stephen King (Goodreads Author), Alan Dingman (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 7,266 ratings — published 2004 — 3 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 — 6,569 ratings — published 2005 — 31 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 — 2,318 ratings — published 2006 — 31 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 3.60 avg rating — 2,427 ratings — published 2009 — 18 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) 3.89 avg rating — 1,708 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	A Perfect Crime 3.56 avg rating — 1,096 ratings — published 1998 — 25 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 — 933 ratings — published 2007 — 3 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 3.45 avg rating — 892 ratings — published 2005 — 17 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 3.57 avg rating — 782 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 3.35 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 2006 — 17 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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Series by Peter Abrahams

Echo Falls (3 books)
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3.81 avg rating — 10,595 ratings

Outlaws of Sherwood Street (2 books)
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3.33 avg rating — 291 ratings

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

39 likes

“To get from people you had to give a piece of yourself, a real piece that mattered.”
― Peter Abrahams, End of Story

tags: reciprocity

10 likes

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

tags: humor, marie-antoinette

6 likes

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Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay

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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

8 votes 20.5%

Breed by Chase Novak

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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

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The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

2 votes 5.1%

Lights Out by Peter Abrahams

1 vote 2.6%

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1 vote 2.6%

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