If you like psychological thrillers in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, you're going to love this interview with best-selling author Rachel Abbott.

As you'll hear me mention in the beginning of the interview, Rachel is one of the UK's very best selling authors. And for good reason. She writes taught, twisty, psychological mystery-thrillers that keep her readers guessing until the very last page. If you're looking for some books that will keep you up at night, turning the pages, you've come to the right place. ;-)

Rachel is an incredibly busy - and generous! - author. She speaks at many live events each year, and also at prisons, which you'll hear her mention. I am so grateful that she took the time to speak to me for this episode of It's a Mystery Podcast.

No personal introduction on the audio from me today. It was a long weekend in Canada and I'm late getting the show out as it is. Enjoy!!

You can find out more about today's guest, Rachel Abbott, and all her books on her website Rachel-Abbott.com. You can also find her on Twitter @RachelAbbott.

Links and resources mentioned in this episode

* Click on any of the book covers to go to Rachel's books on Amazon

* Rachel's website: Rachel-Abbott.com

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Transcription of Interview with Rachel Abbott

Alexandra: Hi, mystery readers, I'm Alexandra Amor. This is "It's a Mystery Podcast," and I'm here today with Rachel Abbott. Hi, Rachel.

Rachel: Hi, Alexandra, how are you?

Alexandra: Very well. How are you?

Rachel: Good.

Alexandra: Good. Well, thank you so much for being with me here today. I'm gonna give our listeners a little bit of an introduction to you.

Rachel Abbott was born and raised in Manchester and is now the internationally bestselling author of seven crime novels, including her most recent, "The Sixth Window." In August 2015, Amazon revealed that Rachel is the U.K.'s bestselling independent author over the last five years. She is also listed at number 14 in the list of U.K. bestselling authors both traditionally and independently published over the same five-year period, outselling authors like Jeffrey Archer and Jojo Moyes. Her books have been translated into seven different languages. Rachel presently lives in Alderney in the Channel Islands, which are between England and France, where she writes full time.

You have a really great story about how you began writing that involves a snow storm.

Why don't you share that story with our listeners?

Rachel: Well, yes, it kind of does. I'd been thinking for quite a long time that I would like to write. But like a lot of people, I couldn't find the time to do it. And I decided I really wanted to write about 10 years before I started, but I was still working full time,