Book Blog Tour & Author Interview: Lies At Her Door by A.A.Abbott

Book Description:

She forgot about her childhood friend… until his body is found under her garden. Can she prove she didn’t commit the decades-old murder?

 Lucy Freeman struggles to find satisfaction in life. Trapped in the shadow of her rock star brother, the thirty-two-year-old craves more than her days at home caring for her terminally ill mother. But her routine takes a turn for the horrifying when a giant sinkhole collapses the earth outside their house and reveals a skeleton.

 Shocked to discover the bones belong to a former member of her sibling’s band, Lucy’s worst nightmare comes alive when police suspect her of the killing. And as she turns to her dying parent’s diaries in a desperate search for vindication, she’s entangled in a dark and complicated truth.

Will unearthing long-buried wrongs prove lethal?

Lies at Her Door is a heavy-hitting psychological thriller novel. If you like strong character growth, overcoming dysfunctional relationships, and revealing unexpected secrets, then you’ll love AA Abbott’s chilling whodunnit.

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Author Interview

1. Do you like reading as well as writing? Tell us about a few of your favorite books.

I still remember the thrill of learning to read at the age of five, and I’ve been a committed bookworm ever since! I admire hundreds of writers; some of my favorites are Lisa Jewell, John Grisham, Hilary Mantel and Guy Gavriel Kay. You can tell from the list that, as well as crime and thrillers, I enjoy historical fiction and fantasy. The biggest draw is a story with emotion. Guy Gavriel Kay’s “Tigana” made a huge impression on me. Without giving too much away, the hero gains his dearest wish at the end of the story, but loses so much more. I cried buckets. It’s unlikely I’d write an ending as sad as that.

2. Okay, so you like reading an eclectic mix of genres. Why do you write thrillers?

I enjoy injecting tension and twists into a story, and thrillers lend themselves to that. My books focus especially on dysfunctional relationships. In “Lies at Her Door”, Lucy Freeman is a thirty-two-year-old woman still living with her parents. They’ve never taken the time to understand her. She is emotionally closer to the online friends she has never met.

3. Lucy in your book, “Lies at Her Door”, is a chocoholic. Are you?

Absolutely! Poor Lucy has a love-hate relationship with chocolate, bingeing on it and then beating herself up. Like her, I remember eating nothing but celery for a week as a teenager. It gave me a flatter stomach, but it wasn’t worth feeling faint 24-7. I’ve trained myself to have a responsible attitude to food. Most days, I indulge in a couple of squares of dark chocolate. As a special treat, it’s a bar of milk chocolate with sea salt.

4. Do you write in silence, or do you play music?

I was brought up in a large family, so I’m used to hustle and bustle around me. I can write stories on trains, planes and buses. For “Lies at Her Door”, I often listened to music the characters would like: madrigals in Lucy’s case and Britpop for her brother. I also curated a Spotify playlist of guitar bands with an upbeat sound, so I wouldn’t get too depressed by Lucy’s problems.

5. What do you hope your readers will take away from your books?

“Hope” is the word! No situation, however terrible, is permanent. Lucy begins “Lies at Her Door” believing she’s a chubby loser. Yet she finds her inner strength when she’s plunged into danger. Even if I don’t write a sugar-coated happy ending, I like to leave my readers with hope for the characters they care about.

Why Should You Read This?

The book is well written with plenty of suspense. For a psychological thriller, the book is short, but fast-paced. I couldn’t keep the book down, and it is a solid page-turner. A solid recommendation for fans of psychological thrillers.