 Only the Innocent |  The Back Road |  Sleep Tight |  Stranger Child |  Nowhere Child |
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 Kill Me Again |
Sleep Tight for iBooks and Kobo
For some time now, my books have been available exclusively on Amazon – but I’ve had many requests for other versions so I have now made Sleep Tight – my third novel – available on other formats.
I’m excited to see what happens, so if you have friends that don’t read on paperback or Kindle, please do spread the word.
To buy on Kobo or iBooks, click here
Festival of Writing 2017
I am delighted to be a keynote speaker at this Writers’ Workshop event on Saturday 9th September, along with Mark Edwards, talking about our routes to publishing success and lessons learned along the way
Friday 8th September, Saturday 9th September, Sunday 10th September
University of York
Killer Women 2017
Your hot ticket to crime writing’s coolest weekend: Unmissable masterclasses, sharp-shooting workshops, hard-hitting pitching sessions, all with the very best in the business.
Book now and be the Next Big Thing
Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 October
2017 Browns, St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4AG
http://killerwomen.org/events/28-29-october-2017-killer-weekend/
Rachel Abbott releases her latest thriller
The Sixth Window
on February 21, 2017
Join me on Facebook for The Sixth Window launch party. I'm hoping to chat to you LIVE! (technology permitting), and as usual there will be competitions, quizzes, prizes and lots of chat.
The Sixth Window
The truth hurts. But lies are deadly.
After eighteen months of grieving for her husband Bernie, killed in a horrific hit and run accident, Natalie Gray has found love with her husband’s best friend - Ed Cooper - and has moved herself and fifteen-year-old daughter, Scarlett, into his home. But Natalie begins to suspect Ed has a dark side - and even darker intentions.
Desperate to get her daughter to a place of safety, she and Scarlett move to a new home that holds secrets of its own. But has removing Scarlett from one potential threat placed her in far greater danger?
DCI Tom Douglas is also chasing the truth, as his investigation into the suicide of a teenage girl draws him ever closer to Natalie and Scarlett. But will he be too late to protect them from the peril they face, or from the truths that will tear their lives apart?
Find out more on Amazon
Rachel Abbott to appear at the London Book Fair
14 to 16 March, 2017
Rachel will be at the KDP Amazon Stand.
Click here for the London Book Fair website, where you can get more information and buy tickets.
Chorlton Library
Manchester, UK
Manchester Road, M21 9P9
12 November, 2016
Learn more at https://twitter.com/chorltonbf
Bristol Festival of Literature – How I Became a Bestseller
In conversation with SilverWood Books - who produce and distribute my paperback editions - I talk about my route to self-publishing success, and how 2015 psychological thriller Stranger Child became the UK’s bestselling self-published ebook.
Date: October 29th, 2016
Time: 6 to 7 pm
Location: Riverside Room at Bristol Mercure Hotel, Welsh Back, BS1 4SP.
Ticketed via Bristol Festival of Literature. Please click here to view and book.
Killer Women Crime Writing Festival
Shoreditch Town Hall
London, UK EC1
15 October, 2016
To learn more and purchase tickets, go to the Killer Women website.
Amazon Academy in Café Moskau Berlin
I’ll be one of 100 KDP authors at this day of talks and insights with the theme of “the future of entrepreneurship”. On October 6, German author Matthias Matting ( find his blog here) will ask me questions on my experience as an independent author, tips for success and what I’ve learnt along the way.
This is my idea of heaven – a whole day spent with other writers, journalists and bloggers with a party in the evening! I can’t wait to report back in October’s newsletter.
I’ll be one of 100 KDP authors at this day of talks and insights with the theme of “the future of entrepreneurship”. On October 6, German author Matthias Matting ( find his blog here) will ask me questions on my experience as an independent author, tips for success and what I’ve learnt along the way.
This is my idea of heaven – a whole day spent with other writers, journalists and bloggers with a party in the evening! I can’t wait to report back in October’s newsletter.
This is the second JFOW, a five-day literary festival featuring visiting and local writers, poets and events, writing workshops, competitions and more. This year’s festival will take place between September 28th and October 2nd, and will see us welcoming internationally renowned writers including Michael Morpurgo, Victoria Hislop, Louis de Bernières, Louise Doughty and Alison Weir to the island.
Rachel's presentation is on October 1 – Crime Fiction and Publishing versus Self-Publishing and for once she won’t have to travel very far – Jersey is only 30 minutes from her home on Alderney.
Learn more at www.JerseyFestivalOfWords.org
GoodHousekeeping Self-Publishing Masterclass
Always dreamed of publishing your book but don't know where to start? Come and meet three of who have made a success of self-publishing and learn how we did it.
On the panel with me are Tracy Bloom, author of No-One Ever Has Sex On A Tuesday, an ebook number 1 best-seller in the UK in 2013. Paul Pilkington's mystery trilogy was an ebook number 1 best-seller and has over 2,000 five-star reviews on Amazon. Joining us will be Darren Hardy, Head of Kindle Direct Publishing in UK who has worked with thousands of authors to sell their books.
It’s £20 for all this knowledge, a drink and goodie bag.
When: 5 October 2016
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Where: At the GH Institute, 25 St Anne's Court, London, W1F 0BJ
Bloody Scotland
Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival
9 to 11 September, 2016
Can you trust the narrator of your favorite crime novel? Of course not.
Rachel will be speaking on Saturday, September 10 from 12:15 to 1:15 alongside Melanie Raabe
To learn more and purchase tickets, go to the Bloody Scotland website.
How to Get Away with Murder
June 2016
Join Rachel Abbott and others as they share the secrets of how to create a heart-stopping story line and discuss their careers so far.
Below are the details of five separate events with pricing, ticket information, dates, times and locations.
Tuesday, June 7
2pm - Penketh Library
Honiton Way, Warrington, Cheshire
Tickets £3.
Ask a member of staff for details, buy at any LiveWire Library or call 01925 813939
7pm - Heywood Library
LCpl Stephen Shaw, MC Way, Heywood
Tickets £2 (to include refreshments), redeemable against the cost of a signed book.
Tickets available from Heywood Library (01706 927260)
Wednesday, June 8
1.30pm - Middleton Library
Long St, Middleton M24 6DU
Tickets £2 (to include refreshments),
redeemable against the cost of a signed book.
7pm - Simply Books, Bramhall
228 Moss Lane, Bramhall, Stockport
Tickets £5 (£2 redeemable against one of the authors' books)
Reserve a seat: 0161 439 1436 or enquiries@simplybooks.info
Thursday, June 9
2pm - Ramsbottom Library
Carr Street, Ramsbottom
Tickets £3
Book now: 0161 253 5352
6:30pm - Waterstones Bolton
32-36 Deansgate, Bolton
Tickets £3, redeemable against the price of a book.
Book now in store or call 01204 522588
Digital Publishing: Secrets of Success with Rachel Abbott
Do you want to publish a digital book?
Learn from the #1 bestselling independently published Kindle author in the UK over the past five years - Rachel Abbott - at a Digital Publishing Workshop on June 11, 2016.
This will be Rachel sharing her best tips for how to get your book noticed on Amazon, and how to present and promote it online. Rachel has used these tactics to become a million selling author - and one of her books is the most borrowed in the Kindle library.
(This isn't a 'how to write your book' workshop.)
WHEN: Saturday, 11 June 2016 from 10:00 to 16:30 (BST)
WHERE: Digital Jersey Hub - Block 3, The Forum Grenville Street, St Helier, Jersey (Channel Islands) JE2 4UF
Rachel Abbott releases her latest thriller - Kill Me Again - on February 17, 2016.
When your life is a lie, who can you trust?
When Maggie Taylor accepts a new job in Manchester, she is sure it is the right move for her family. The children have settled well although her husband, Duncan, doesn’t appear to be so convinced.
But nothing prepares her for the shock of coming home from work one night to find that Duncan has disappeared, leaving their young children alone. His phone is dead, and she has no idea where he has gone, or why. And then she discovers she’s not the only one looking for him.
When a woman who looks just like Maggie is brutally murdered and DCI Tom Douglas is brought in to investigate, Maggie realises how little she knows about Duncan’s past. Is he the man she loves? Who is he running from?
She doesn’t have long to decide whether to trust him or betray him. Because one thing has been made clear to Maggie – another woman will die soon, and it might be her.
How to Promote Your Book - A One-day Master Class with Rachel Abbott
Expert advice on how to ensure readers discover your book and stay engaged with your writing from Rachel Abbott, bestselling author of Only the Innocent.
Date: Saturday 12 March 2016
Times: 10am-4pm
Location: The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU
Price: £249 (includes VAT, booking fee, lunch and refreshments)
Event capacity: 16
CrimeFest Bristol
Rachel Abbott will be speaking on the following two panels:
20 May 2016
1:40pm to 2:30pm - Audible - the Sounds of Crime
22 May 2016
9:30am to 10:20am - the Indie Alternative
Click here to go to the CrimeFest page with more programme information
#1 UK Amazon author
On 5th August 2015 Amazon confirmed that Rachel Abbott is the #1 bestselling independently published author in the UK on the Kindle over the past five years.
Rachel also ranks #14 across all authors, and her books Only the Innocent and Sleep Tight have taken the #1 and #2 positions in the chart of independently published books.
Stranger Child - Most Borrowed
Amazon has announced that Stranger Child is the 11th best selling book (all authors) of 2015 (to August). And also that it has more borrows in the Amazon Kindle Owners’ Lending Library than any other book.