This story follows Tess, mum to 2 teenage daughters who has split up from her husband and lives with Emma one of her daughters, whilst the other lives with dad. One night Emma is attacked and failing to identify her attacker in an ID parade, Tess decides to get justice herself. A great book and as being a mum myself, could see where Tess's actions were coming from.

This was definitely a page turner in the sense that the pace never let up and there were no dull moments.
The fact that I suspected what the twist may be very early on didn't hamper my enjoyment of the book.
Tessa is a single mom still agonizing over her divorce and her estrangement from her elder daughter Rosie. So when her younger daughter Emma is attacked on her way home from a party, it is the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.
Unable to see her daughter hurting and desperate for justice, Tessa decides to take matters into her own hands after a failure to identify the assailant positively means the attacker goes free.
Once she starts her kind of vigilant justice however, events spiral out of control.
Will her actions put her family in more danger?
3.5 *.... Will definitely look out for other books by the author.

This book was a bit of a surprise - wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. I did find Tess a little irritating at times but could understand her wanting to keep her daughter safe. She seemed to have had a rough time overall over the previous couple of years so was probably at a low point when the attack happened. I was suspicious of the internet snooping but then again I don't know anything about such things. Definitely suspicious about Frances and sussed the twist - but that did not detract from the rest of the story. Will read more by this author as this was a proper page turner.

It's the middle of the night. Tess hears someone banging on her front door. Groggy from a sleeping pill, it takes a moment or two for her to get to the door. Once opened, she see her teenage daughter, Emma, standing with another woman, a stranger.

When Emma and the woman tells her what has happened, Tess is beside herself. A man attacked Emma as she got off the bus .... hit her a couple of times .. and tried dragging her down a dark lane. The stranger was driving by and happened to see what was going on. She's the one that called the police.

Emma has become hesitant, almost fearing to leave her home. The man responsible released for lack of identity by Emma and her new-found friend. The police are apologetic, but there's nothing they can do without an eyewitness.

Tess thinks the worst is over .... but that all changes when Emma comes running home, terrified, after seeing the man who assaulted her. Is he following her? Planning on finishing what he started?

Blinded by her need to protect her daughter at any cost, might she end up putting her family in even greater danger?

STOP AT NOTHING is well written, suspenseful, with characters that are deftly drawn. This was an emotional read, as it would be for any parent who will do anything and everything to protect their child.

Many thanks to the author / Transworld Books - Random House UK / Netgalley / The Book Club Reviewer Group (FB) for the digital copy of this psychological thriller. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

STOP AT NOTHING is a contemporary thriller and domestic drama by best-selling author Tammy Cohen. This was a very addictive read, and one that you will not be able to put down.

Every parent wants to protect and keep their children safe at all costs.

Tess has always tried to be a good mother. Of course, there are things she wishes she’d done differently, but doesn’t everyone feel that way? Tess, a freelance journalist is under a lot of stress while going through a divorce, dealing with the effects of menopause, having two daughters, her youngest, Emma living at home with her, while her eldest daughter, Rose lives with her ex and new wife, after a falling out with her eldest daughter Rose.

When Tess’s daughter, Emma is attacked coming home alone from a party on a bus, first she feels guilty for letting her come home alone and then she wants revenge when it seems the assailant is set free.

The assailant had abducted her sixteen -year-old daughter, dragged her off the street and beat her up when she resisted.

But there was a witness…if Frances hadn’t driven past at the time of the attack…Frances had saved Emma’s life, and the family was so grateful for her action.

At the police station, Emma is shown a video showing nine different men and asked to watch it, and comment if she recognized the man who assaulted her. She thought she recognized one of them…number eight…but she couldn’t be completely sure, so she said nothing.

From then on, this nightmare gets worse. The detective in charge informs Tess that there are no further active lines of inquiry that they can pursue on the case. Both Emma and Tess are nervous and spend most of their time indoors, where they feel relatively safe, but always looking over their shoulder.

When Tess sees the attacker in the street near their home, she is forced to take matters into her own hands. Tess takes on a vigilante behavior… to protect her daughter at any cost.

There’s nothing she wouldn’t do to make it right . . . but what if she makes it all worse?

Stop at Nothing is an engaging story, part thriller but mostly domestic drama, with relatable characters, dealing with difficult circumstances. A wonderful read and one which has a personal story behind it from the author.

Many thanks to the author, Random House UK, Transworld Publishers, NetGalley and The Book Club Reviewer Request Group (FB) for my digital copy.

Wow, what a read, gripping page turner. How far would you go to protect your kids. Well written, I really enjoyed this and would definitely recommend

This is the first Tammy Cohen book I read and I must say, it didn't disappoint. The thrills and emotional aspects is perfectly balanced with events that might be construed as real life. The story was belieavalbe and revolves around Tess's emotional journey as she comes to terms with being menopausal, losing her husband to another woman and feeling guilt over her daughter's attack. Powerless and feeling incapable, we see lots of things change around her and how she copes with it makes up the story.

I really enjoyed it although I don't much like this kind of fiction stories. It was well written, entertaining and humanised the character to the point that I felt sorry for her.

Highly recommended.

A mother’s love was put to test. Daughter Rosie was attacked, she could not identify the attacker in the police lineup. But mom Tessa was convinced that it was a particular man and she became a stalker trying to get him to confess. Estranged from the elder daughter, she was determined to get justice for the younger.

My first book by author Tammy Cohen, the story gripped me like waves. The tension kept moving from high to low. Some of the mother’s reactions were simply over the top. But the tale was one of a twisted mind.

The author’s writing was suspenseful, the story was gripping. The plot had many turns on its way with many characters adding to the intrigue. Overall, it was a fun read.

I’m a big fan of unputdownable psychological thrillers and I loved reading Stop at Nothing. The book starts with the prologue by the unknown narrator who portrays a powerful sense of their life being invaded by a stalker that they describe as being like “and earworm.” The story is mostly told from the point of view of Tessa. Tessa’s daughter Emma is attacked one night and rescued by a passer-by. When the police are unable to identify the attacker, Tessa takes things into her own hands, but it all backfires and places everyone in more danger.

The aftermath of the attack is portrayed strongly in the narrative, and the characters are highly relatable. There are lots of twists and turns in the plot, and I was surprised when it all started to unravel. I really liked the way the identity of the narrator in the prologue was revealed in chapters, until we finally met them.

I’ve read many books by Tammy Cohen, and highly recommend this latest book, as well as her previous work.

Tessa is woke late at night by her 16 year old daughter, Em being brought home by a stranger, Frances after being attacked when she got off the bus on her way home from a party. Luckily, Frances was passing and frightened off the attacker and both Tessa and Em were eternally grateful.

When Em is unable to identify her attacker in the ID parade, Tessa starts to obsess about protecting her daughter and convinces herself that she knows who he is and where he lives. Encouraged by Frances, she starts to broadcast what Stephens did but then he finds out where she lives and turns the tables.

Tessa is recently divorced, estranged by her oldest daughter and menopausal so this extra stress spirals her imagination out of control.

A gripping story line that every parent will relate to in one way or another - a young daughter being attacked but the perpetrator walking free and the feeling of helplessness to keep them safe. As the story progresses, you do start to work out what is really going on but a great read.

I loved the story! I had a hard time putting the book down and had to devour it over two evenings. A fabulous story about what lengths a mother could go to for her daughter. Highly recommended!

Having read some of Tammy Cohens previous books I was thrilled to receive an ARC copy of Stop at Nothing.

We first meet Tess supporting her daughter, Em, in the aftermath of a terrible, violent attack. Always trying to be a good mother Tess feels helpless as her daughters attacker goes unpunished. With the help of the good Samaritan who happened to be in the right place at the right time to rescue Em, Tess sets out to right the wrong.

Menopausal, newly divorced, estranged from her eldest daughter, looking after her elderly parents with work and money fast drying up is Tess really protecting her daughter or making things worse?

As more and more events take place who can Tess trust, is she losing her mind or is someone out to teach her a lesson?

Another fantastic psychological thriller from Tammy Cohen. Every time I thought I'd figured out the twist then along came another bam!

Highly recommended 5 star read.

This book will resonate with every middle aged woman who has had menopausal symptoms and/or had major upheavals in life, like divorce or redundancy. Tess is such a woman, dealing with her anger and bitterness about her divorce and trying to deal with her hot flushes and mood swings. When her teenage daughter is attacked one night on her way home from a party a passer by luckily intervenes before the attack becomes too serious. This passer by then becomes an important part of the story. Afterwards Tess finds herself obsessing about her daughters attacker and is convinced she knows who he is and that he is still a threat. The plot line is different and well contrived but it is difficult to feel much empathy for Tess as she seems so hysterical and disorganised. My overall reaction was to scream "Pull yourself together, woman!" but nonetheless it was an interesting read.

Tammy Cohen never fails to pull it out the bag and Stop at Nothing is yet another cracker of a story. I was hooked from the first page to the last. Tammy certainly knows how to ramp the tension up and pull you along. I couldn't drag my eyes away from the page. Heartily recommend.

This book a a great page turner. It's every mothers worst nightmare, with a dark plot and a thrilling pace. I had times when I simply couldn't put it down becuase I NEEDED to know what was giong to happen next. The suspense was almost too much for me and I couldn't read it before bed. Simply brilliant!

This was a good psychological thriller but the characters didn't gel. I enjoyed reading the story which was very fast paced but didn't feel involved.

I usually love Tammy Cohen’s books but have to say I was disappointed with Stop At Nothing. This is possibly because I didn’t like Tess, the main character and coupled with the very early signalling of the denouement the book became a bit tedious. Sadly there was very little tension and it was overly verbose. Hopefully her next one will bring her back to top form.

This is the second book I have read by Tammy Cohen; if you have not tried “Dying for Christmas”, I would thoroughly recommend that one. Stop at Nothing is the distressing tale of Tessa Hopwood and her sixteen-year-old daughter Emma, with some of the initial events in the book being based on the author’s own experiences. Emma is attacked after getting off a bus in Muswell Hill on her way home late one night; fortunately, the driver of a passing car sees the commotion, sounds her horn and gets out; resulting in the assailant running off. Frances, the helpful driver brings Emma home. Emma is not sure if her attacker got off her bus, but the police put together an identity parade based on images from the CCTV on the bus. Unfortunately, neither Emma, or later Frances, is able to make a positive identification at the line ups and the police decide to take no further action. Frances the helpful passer by offers to stay in touch with Tessa to offer support. Tessa accepts this as she is not in a good place anyway, as she is separated from the ex-husband Phil, who now has a new girlfriend, has been let go from her job as a magazine editor and has fallen out with her elder daughter Rosie, now at University, and is obviously distraught at the effect the attack is having on Emma who has become withdrawn, no longer goes out with any of her friends and refuses to leave the house apart from going to school. Adding to this misery, a couple of weeks after the attack a distraught Emma comes home and tells her Mum that she thinks she has seen him - the attacker – outside their local tube station. Although she initially tries to convince Emma that she is mistaken, at this point in the book Tessa starts to believe it may be true; that Emma’s attacker is out there somewhere close by and that she needs to “Stop at Nothing” to bring him to justice, as the police have been unable to do so. From here on, a step at a time, Tessa digs an ever-deeper hole for her herself with seemingly no way back and we find that the ever-helpful Frances is not quite what she at first seems. The conclusion to the tale is a big surprise and all in all, this is a great story and the relationships between Tessa and her friends and with her ex husband and his new lady and with her daughter are very well crafted and added greatly to my enjoyment of the book. Many thanks go to Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book for review. I shall be looking out for further Tammy Cohen books in the future.

Stop at Nothing is a gripping story which touches on a very important topic, It’s a suspenseful character development, exploring the need a parent feels to protect their child, and what this might lead to – with some surprises along the way!

When Tess’ daughter Emma is attacked on her way home one night, Tess is determined to do everything she can to help bring the attacker to justice. When they identify who they think the attacker was, but he’s still out on the streets, Tess becomes more and more obsessed with having him locked up behind bars so he can’t hurt her daughter anymore. Encouraged by Frances, a slightly older girl who saved Emma from further harm, Tess becomes more and more involved, meaning that alarm bells start to ring for the police; they make it clear that they want her to leave it to them to deal with, instead of taking things into her own hands.

As the reader, we see Tess’ determination cross the line into an obsession, and I could feel myself wanting to warn her – I knew she wasn’t doing herself any favours in the way she was behaving, but felt very sympathetic towards her regardless. In this way, Tess really is a conflicted character – she’s definitely behaved questionably in the past when dealing with the upsetting breakdown of her marriage, but there are some really interesting scenes where I felt like I really identified with Tess. I could see exactly why she was doing what she was doing – her frustration and anger at what Emma had gone through must be absolutely consuming – but from an outsider’s perspective I could also see why this would not show her in a great light with the police.

Some parts of the novel feel a bit slower than others, and I guessed some elements of the story from quite early on, but Stop at Nothing kept my attention throughout and I really wanted to see what would happen in the end. I won’t give much more away about the plot but I feel that Tammy Cohen has done a great job of making the reader see how easy it is to become obsessed with something (or someone), especially when it involves close family who might be in danger.

An absorbing, entertaining read with darker elements.

Tess hits 50 and her life seems to fall apart. She loses her husband, her home, her career and becomes estranged from her older daughter Rosie. Then one night her 16 year old daughter Emma is attacked on the way home, a passer by Frances is driving past and comes to the rescue. Frances becomes an integral part of their lives helping Emma get over the attack and becomes a friend to Tess. After Emma fails to identify the attacker in the ID parade she then sees him on the street. Tess creates a fake Facebook account and starts stalking her daughter’s attacker, but then she makes a mistake and he knows who she is. A series of events follow and no one will believe her. At the same time Tess knows she sounds crazy but she has to protect her family and she will stop at nothing to protect her daughters.

I liked Emma and Rosie but didn’t find the other characters particularly likeable. It was easy to guess what was happening and Tess was frustrating because she just couldn’t see it- however I was still was utterly engrossed in the book. I found it unputdownable and I had to see how the twists would pan out.