The book started with a nightmare that no parent wants to suffer, so Tess goes to any length to protect her daughter. As the story pans out, you do cone to realise that maybe Tess is wrong and that someone else is involved in e everything that goes wrong. I held my breath for the last 20 minutes as everything became clear.

One of the scariest things about this book was the authors note at the end when she explained about her inspiration for this book-you will understand why when you read it! But what happens to Emma is every parents worst nightmare and Tammy Cohen does a fabulous job of exploring the choice of direction that Tess took following the attack on Emma.

To be honest, I didn’t particularly like Tess that much and can’t say I really understood the way that she acted but that’s probably due to her doing the polar opposite of what I would do in her situation. Although this storyline did make me think about whether you can really predict how you are going to react to a particular situation until you’re physically put in that situation yourself! Tess wasn’t having the best of time in her personal life even before what happened with Emma. She had discovered her husbands affair and was living with the consequences of that. Plus she was going through the menopause and I know from personal experience that this can cause major emotional issues and problems for many women. She was no longer at the top of her profession in a job she enjoyed and when she did get some work, things had moved on so quickly within her field that she struggled to adapt. But this still didn’t really excuse her over the top reaction to trying to persecute her daughters alleged attacker!

Tammy Cohen has written a gripping and scarily relevant book. The way she vividly portrays a menopausal woman on the edge was incredibly well handled and I’m thrilled that more women characters in fiction are being given a voice during such an unstable and often life changing period for them. The feeling of starting to slip away, becoming invisible to others (especially men!) is a very strange one and it’s quite possible that a reaction as extreme as the one Tess has could occur. I did become thoroughly engrossed in the plot details even though I was convinced that everything was not as it appeared and I was right!!

Stop at Nothing is another great read from this author who gives her readers a moral dilemma they can identify with and ask themselves the question “what would I do when faced with the same situation?” A mothers quest for justice is never going to be a straightforward one but I felt that Tammy Cohen gave Tess a great story to divide opinions but also to work through some very difficult emotions.

Definitely one to watch out for Tammy Cohen fans and will hopefully make her some new ones too!

I have read and enjoyed many of Tammy Cohen’s novels and they are always new and fresh in topic and tone. This is the story of Tess, recently divorced and estranged from one of her two daughters. The other daughter is attacked at the start of the novel, saved by a passer-by, Frances. Tess becomes obsessed with finding justice for her daughter, and becomes unwisely involved in an attempt to drive away the man she believes responsible. The novel is gripping and moves along at a tremendous pace. A recommended psychological thriller by an author at the top of her game.

Tess's daughter is attacked but saved by a young woman who quickly becomes a part of their life. After a failed ID parade, Tess is sure she knows who attacked her daughter and is determined to get justice but does she have the right man? How safe is she going after him and just what might she lose in the process,

This was an interesting read with some scary moments. Its very current as it deals with the issues of what can be found out about a person online. The story itself dragged a little and I soon figured out what was going on. The ending was good and I loved the slightly open touch to it. Plus the thought sections of the book added another mystery as you try to figure out who is thinking these things. All in an interesting thriller but a little predictable.

Stop At Nothing  begins with a pretty horrific event, and from that point onwards, there is an incredible atmosphere where you could cut the tension with a knife. Following the event, there are lots of little things that happen to unsettle Tessa and her family and to be honest, they set me on edge too! I was looking over my shoulder as I was reading, keen to discover what would happen next and how this would escalate. Cohen does a brilliant job of maintaining the tension throughout the novel and by the end, my heart was thumping!

Cohen's characters are really well observed and brilliantly drawn. Despite not being close in age to the central characters, I felt able to relate to how they were feeling and this made the tension more real for me. None of the characters are particularly likeable, and as the novel progressed, I found it more and more difficult to know who to trust. Each person is hiding something and I wanted to know how their secrets would impact on each other.

THIS BOOK IS FANTASTIC!!! This is a well written psychological thriller and it draws you in from the very first page. I found the characters to be credible and believable. It portrays the extent we will go to in the pursuit of protecting those we love. All the more poignant having read the acknowledgements at the end of the book.
I shall be highly recommending this book to all I know!

Tess feels immense guilt when her youngest daughter is attacked on her way home from a night out. She would stop at nothing to bring her daughters attacker to justice and feels incredibly frustrated when the police confirm there are no leads and they cannot proceed with the case.
Francis the kind stranger who saved her daughter from the attacker becomes a friend who both Tess and Emily can turn to.
Although there were times when I felt the story dragged and I was skim reading trying to get to the next interesting bit. I was drawn in and felt that all was not as it seemed, just who was Francis and what exactly were her motives?
Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review

I could really identify myself with this book what a mother wouldn’t do for her child I really enjoyed it loved all the characters, I could have read this in one sitting so easy to read and could feel all the heartache that went with it definitely recommend it.

4.5 stars.

Suspenseful, intense, puzzling, gritty, gripping.... these are just a few words to describe this book. It was extremely detailed, well written and full of twists and turns you won’t see coming! This is a psychological thriller at its best.

I have knocked half a star off because in some places it seemed to just drone on and get repetitive, which in turn made little bits just too boring. But the ending truly made up for it. I just felt some information and things said from Tessa were just unnecessary.

The story from start to finish was completely intense. You’re thrown straight into the drama that kicks off the whole storyline. There’s no wishy-washy rubbish that slowly leads you in.. no, you’re thrown straight to the sharks and because this author’s writing style is so amazing, you’re gripped and hooked from the very first word.

The way this book was portrayed was fantastic, from a mother’s point of view (for the most part - there are parts in italic that are from someone else’s and that’s something that keeps you guessing until the end!!) and her clearly unravelling mental health, was genius. It was like being in the mind of my mother from when I was a teen.. quite terrifying!

I definitely want to read more from this author and I, for one, am super excited about what comes next. I hope this author sticks with this genre because this books proved she was born to write them.

Fantastically written. Massively intense. And completely explosive. Fabulous work.

Wow, this book has me turning the pages right until the end, I couldn’t put it down. I’ll be honest, after finishing it at 1am in the morning I then struggled to sleep! I would thoroughly recommend

I love psychological thrillers and was looking forward to this story. I had not read any of Tammy's other books but reviews looked good. Tessa, whose daughter is attacked in the street, sounded interesting. Her quest to find her daughter's attacker a reasonable thing to do. But it is soon apparent that maybe she might have been making a mistake. Things start happening to Tessa and her family, but who is it? Who is the mother of Henry whose thoughts appear in italics?
I worked it out about a third of the way in and then it dragged as I waited to see if I was right. I would have liked more depth to the characters especially Emma and Rosie and also her friends. The events were clever and well thought out and so I read on.
Thanks to Netgalley for ARC copy.

This is the first time I've read Tammy Cohen's work but it certainly won't be the last. "Stop At Nothing" is a solid psychological thriller which explores themes including parental love, obsession, gaslighting and highlights criminal justice procedure. I found it to be an enjoyably compulsive read and particularly liked the author's note at the end, which explains the inspiration for the story.

My thanks to Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the invitation to take part and to the publisher for the copy to review. I’ve long been a fan of Tammy’s writing (links to some previous books reviewed here are shown below) and jumped at the chance to take part in the tour.

When Tessa’s teenage daughter Emma is attacked one night coming home after getting off a bus, saved only by a woman who happened to be passing at that moment, Tess’ life spirals out of control as she desperately tries to help her daughter recover from the ordeal. She is angry that the attacker is allowed to go free whilst Emma is scared and fearful; so she takes matters into her own hands. What she doesn’t foresee are the consequences.

It must be terrible to see your daughter suffering so much and not being able to help. Tess is not having the best of times herself and I did feel sympathy for her as she struggled with her feelings of guilt and anger. She’s going through the menopause, her husband has left her for another woman and her family is split. Her ageing parents are struggling to cope; she keeps an eye on them via ‘the Grannycam’ from her laptop. She is unemployed – the career in journalism she used to have and love has moved on and left her out of touch and feeling out of her depth. And now she has this to deal with. This man who has come into their lives and scared her daughter. She wants justice and revenge.

Tess is one of those woman who acts on impulse without thinking, particularly when tired and emotional, and there were times when I wanted to sit her down and say STOP. What on earth are you thinking. Her desire to see this man punished seemed to override any thoughts for what might follow and you just knew that things were not going to end well.

Throughout the book there is an increasing feeling that not everything is as it appears with the twists and unexpected events coming fast and furious as the story reaches its climax. There are occasional chapters from an unknown voice and I was going around in circles trying to figure out who this person was and how they fitted in. Stop at Nothing is an utterly gripping story of a mother trying to do her best in difficult circumstances but not always getting it right. Part psychological thriller/domestic drama – it’s an excellent read and one which has a personal story behind it from the author, as told here on the Dead Good website.

Every mother can relate to Tess's story. Her teenage daughter has been hurt and she wants justice, or revenge. I found it more difficult to accept some of the ways she went about this, but was willing to see that the strain could lead to bad choices. The story follows the consequences of these actions, becoming a little predictable as it goes along.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC

This is a creepy noir thriller that really grabbed my attention from the first few pages. It is set in a part of London that I know well so that added to my enjoyment- I could just picture the characters coming out of Bounds Green Tube Station!
Tammy Cohen is very good at building up the tension and also excellent at drawing the characters.
Tess is a great heroine who has made some mistakes in the past and as the novel moves along we discover what they are. Why is she estranged from her eldest daughter, Rosie? Why is she so keen to find Em’s attacker even though she is putting her family in danger?
Indeed sometimes I felt like shaking her and saying leave it to the police!
Tess is recently divorced, menopausal and reeling from being made redundant from her senior editing job. She is just about holding it together when Em is attacked. All this compels her to make some very strange decisions.
Frances is very cleverly depicted and her relationship with Tess and Em seems perfectly understandable in the circumstances. They both want to find Em’s attacker, particularly as he appears to live round the corner and they could bump into him at any moment.
I don’t want to say too much as it will spoil the story but suffice it to say that it’s a great read and I thoroughly recommend it.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my arc in exchange for an honest review.

When Tessa’s youngest daughter, Emma, is attacked on her way home from a party, the family are plunged into a living nightmare, which is only made worse when the man responsible is allowed to walk free. So when Tessa then sees the attacker in the street, not far from their home, she is forced to take matters into her own hands. But blinded by her need to keep her children safe, she may end up putting her family in far greater danger. There’s nothing Tessa wouldn’t do to keep her children safe, and to make things right, but what if she fails?

I had seen so many positive reviews for Stop At Nothing, and for the author, Tammy Cohen herself. Having not read any of her work, I decided to take the opportunity when I saw that Stop At Nothing was available to request on NetGalley. But if I’m honest, I was completely let down.

The story itself was extremely predictable. I saw the twist at the end coming from right near the start of the book, which made me lose interest straight away. I felt that it was dragged out way too much, and if it had been condensed down a little, it could have been a much better read. During the parts that I felt were dragging, I got a little bored, and uninterested, and I found that I was wishing for it to speed up a bit.

Tessa as the main protagonist was awful. She was not even slightly relatable because she was way too dramatic and unrealistic. As a mother myself, I appreciate that the need to protect your child comes above all, but a lot of Tessa’s actions throughout the story were completely over the top, and would never happen in reality. She was also extremely annoying, to the point where I wanted to grab her, shake her, and tell her to sort herself out!

I do feel that Emma was portrayed extremely well. The teenager who holds in her pain, and won’t talk to anyone about how she’s feeling, no matter how much it hurts. That is very realistic for teenage behaviour when dealing with something so awful, as much as we all wish it wasn’t.

There were parts to this story that I did enjoy reading, and the first few chapters in particular were actually very good. But I just couldn’t engross myself in this book as much as I was expecting to, which is a shame. I would still recommend giving the book a read, because not everyone will feel the same as I did, which is reflected in the amount of positive reviews it has. Stop At Nothing just wasn’t for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for my copy, in exchange for an honest review.

I give Stop At Nothing a 2/5 rating.

Tessa’s daughter Emma was attacked on her way home from a party and it would have been so much worse than it was if Frances hadn’t been there to stop the attack as it was happening. This ordeal came along after a traumatic couple of years for Tessa, redundancy, menopause, marital breakdown and being estranged from her eldest daughter so she was already emotionally, mentally and physically at the end of her tether. This was the final straw, Tessa was not going to let this go when the police ID parade didn’t identify the perpetrator, she was going to keep her daughter safe no matter what...
The concept for this book was good overall, the story had characters that I instantly didn’t like, that frustrated me or that I was suspicious of. As a mother there were times when I could totally relate to Tessa’s feelings and reactions. But there were also times when I wanted to shout at her to open her eyes and see what’s really happening.
The writing style read well, but I found it a little bit predictable from about half way through.
Overall an enjoyable read.
Thanks to #NetGalley #TransworldBooks #randomhouse for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review

Isnt it weird when you finish a book having disliked every single character but still found it enjoyable? This is how I feel about this book.

I find in these kind of physiological thrillers the character depth is really minimal so my chances of bonding with them are already slim and these characters I just didnt like, I didnt care for them at all, if I'd met any of them in a cafe I'd move tables.

However I really liked the plot, it really was a page turner, I liked the two different perspectives even though it took me a while to figure out exactly who one of them was.

A solid three stars from me and I do have other books from the author on my kindle and I'll definitely be reading them soon.

Tessa’s 16 year old daughter, Emma, was attacked one night on her way home, a man had grabbed her from behind and tried to drag her away, thumping her on the head at the same time……luckily a woman saw what was happening and confronted the man and he ran off…..Frances took Emma home to Tessa and was a witness for the police….

There is a police lineup but both Emma and Frances could not pick out the man for definite, but one man matches the description and Tessa becomes certain it was him.

She starts to ‘stalk’ him on social media, even sending anonymous messages to him, saying she knows what he’s done….but in her fraught state of mind she makes a mistake and sends a message while logged into her genuine account….now he knows who she is…she just wants to protect her daughter….

Her beloved dog Dotty, is taken…….and she receives a message, just a whimpering!..Frances is there to offer support to them both….she knows just when she’s needed…!

Has Tessa made a mistake? Will the attacker find them? And is it who they think it is?

This is a marvellously twisted tale, with several possible suspects that will keep you turning those pages……there’s violence, tragedy, friendships, lies….and betrayal in this very clever psychological thriller….brilliant.

Thank you to The publishers, the author and NetGalley for a free copy of the ebook and this is my honest, unbiased review.

With thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an open and honest review.

Fifty three year old Tess had a tough couple of years, first she was made redundant as a magazine editor, then her husband left her for another woman.

Then one night a man tried to drag Tess younger daughter Emma into a alleyway. Luckily a woman called Pamela was driving past at the time and the man ran off. That night Tess had taken a sleeping pill and Emma couldn't wake her up. Emma didn't get a look at the man but said he had a cleft chin. When Emma was shown pictures of potential suspects Tess accompanied her. Tess thought she she saw the man from Emma`s description, but Emma herself was unsure. Unfortunately because Emma could not identify her attacker he was released without charge.

Days later Emma thought she saw her attacker on a main road leaving a flat. Angry Tess went to the street to observe the man and follow him. Tess quickly found out his name was James Stephens was a decorator and part time DJ. Angry Tess posted a message on James`s Facebook wall calling him a rapist, Later she told his pregnant girl friend and the manager of his football club the same allegations. James messaged her back telling her she would be sorry.

When Tess was sent a picture of her house, she becomes convinced James intends to destroy her life.

I was instantly drawn to the bright red cover, it just had to read it. The idea for Stop At Nothing was loosely based on an event in Tammy`s family which are it more compelling.

Tess was an interesting protagonist who was also worried about her elderly parents who lived in another town and a house move. Feeling guilty she had installed a spycam to check on her parents. Tess was also estranged from her elder daughter Rosie.

I could understand why Tess felt angry when Emma`s attacker was not arrested and wanted to protect her. I liked Tess but I wanted she shake her for acting so recklessly. As Tess became more and more paranoid and out of control I wondered what she would do next.

I enjoyed the backstory of what led to the estrangement between Rosie and Tess. The death of Tess father was sensitively done and made me remember when my died passed away.

Stop.At Nothing was dark read with twists and turns aplenty. I have awarded four stars because I was disappointed with the weak ending.