Rachel Abbott
3 SeriesRachel Abbott, an English author, is known for her crime thriller novels, including the DI Tom Douglas series. Before becoming a full-time writer, she founded and later sold an interactive media company in 2000. Abbott now divides her time between Italy, where she restored a 15th-century monastery, and Alderney in the Channel Islands.
In "Only the Innocent" by Rachel Abbott, the first book in the DI Tom Douglas series, billionaire philanthropist Sir Hugo Fletcher is found murdered in his London home, tied naked to a bed. His wife, Laura, returns from Italy to a media frenzy and learns from Chief Inspector Tom Douglas that the killer might be female. As Douglas investigates, he uncovers Hugo's sordid secrets, while Laura harbors a secret of her own that could either solve the case or ruin an innocent life.
