What Tammy Cohen does extremely well is balancing an abundance of thrills and spills and enough emotional aspects to make the story relatable and grounded in reality. Her books are believable and stray from the usual tendency for crime writers to create the most far-fetched and nonsensical tale they can muster. Revolving around Tess, newly menopausal with a husband who has left her for another woman, we follow her on her journey. When her youngest daughter, Emma, is attacked Tess feels powerless and guilt that she couldn't have done anything about it. Tess's life is lacking in all meaning and she is completely lost with everything around her changing so drastically and so quickly.

I must admit that much of this is more women's fiction/chick-lit than a thriller; I would say the ratio is about 60:40 respectively, so if you prefer full-on thrilling stories this may not be the best fit. That said, it is well written, entertaining and I admired that the menopause, which is not regularly part of fictional tales, was an integral part of the plot. It's incredibly realistic and relatable with protagonist Tess being a very human character and one you simply can't help but get behind. Having had such terrible luck she deserves a break. Another fascinating fact is that this is based on Ms Cohen and her family and for some reason that made it all the more compelling to me. Recommended. Many thanks to Transworld Digital for an ARC.

As soon as I read the blurb for this book I knew I had to have it. Tammy Cohen is one of my favourite writers at the moment and she is totally nailing the Psychological Thriller genre, and Stop At Nothing is no exception!

Tess’ daughter Emma is attacked late one night walking home from the bus stop. Luckily a passer by Frances intervenes, calls the police and gets Emma home to her mother safely. A mix-up at the identification parade means that the attacker is free to go, and as the police don’t have any other evidence the case is put on the shelf. Tess is recently divorced and struggling to make ends meet AND look after her elderly parents, so her daughters recent attack just seems to be the latest in the long line of stressful events going on in her life. When Tess thinks she has seen the person responsible (she recognises him from the identification parade) in the street close to where they live, she is determined to get justice for her daughter, but at what cost to her family and her own sanity? Tess will STOP AT NOTHING.

Anyone who is a mother knows the great lengths they will go to to keep their child safe, and most would do anything if their child is hurting to be able to take that pain away, and that is the crisis facing Tess, who makes extraordinarily awful but sympathetic choices after her daughter is hurt. Main protagonist Tess did become grating after a while. Sure, I could understand her hurt and she had been through a lot, but I found her very self centred, and at times she loses sight that is was her daughter that had been attacked and not her. She let her obsession for justice or retribution blind her to what was really going on.

Narrated mainly from Tess’ perspective, there are some chapters narrated from another viewpoint peppered throughout, and it doesn’t become apparent who this person is until much later in the book giving an absolute sinister edge to it. The plot runs along smoothly and seamlessly and I found Stop At Nothing seriously hard to put down.

Tammy Cohen handles the sensitive issue of the aftermath of an attack with the due care and empathy is deserves giving an accurate example of the trauma that stays with the victim long after the attack is over. The writing is as tight as a drum with a well constructed plot line that feeds the reader little bits of information, piece by piece, just enough to keep your attention piqued but to also ratchet up the tension and suspense. I had several theories going on in my head but it wasn’t till the end when all the threads were tied up that any were confirmed.

Stop At Nothing is a beautifully written cleverly constructed thriller that will keep you on your toes throughout. I loved this book so much it gets a massive five stars from me. Thanks to Tammy Cohen, Transworld Books and Anne Cater.

Tess is the mother of two teenage girls. When Emma her fifteen year old daughter is attacked on her way home one night she sets out to get back at the attacker whilst making friends with her daughters saviour who came to her rescue.

This is a story of how far a mother will go to look after her children. Tess did some outrageous things believing she was in the right and I was screaming at her in my head to stop being so stupid! There are lots of twists and turns in the book and although I had it pretty much worked out early on it still threw me enough to make me self doubt.

It is a well written compelling read with lots of unlikeable characters.

What can I say, Tammy Cohens book are a Must read in my opinion and I think she is one of the best authors of psychological thrillers and she has never let me down.
Tess is going through the menopause and if that isn't enough her husband is divorcing her, she has to keep so many plates spinning at once as her two teenage daughters are also feeling the loss of the family unit. When her daughter is attacked on her way home after an evening visiting friends the guilt sets in, 'why did she let her travel alone on the bus' 'why didn't I get her home safely' as every parent knows it's the guilt that festers and then when a witness comes forward to the attack Tess becomes fixated on getting justice or revenge! I had my suspicions half way through it didn't stop me enjoying finding out if I was right or not and was gripped to the very last unexpected page.

I'm normally a fan of Tammy Cohen but to be honest I was disappointed with this one. Tessa's 16 year old daughter, Em, is attacked one night on her way home from the bus stop but a passer-by, Frances, steps in to help. Frances herself then becomes close to both Em and Tessa as a result, providing a sounding board for Tessa's fears that Em's attacker is someone who lives close by but who both Em and Frances had failed to pick out of a police line-up. Tessa becomes increasingly obsessed by this person and gets caught up in an increasingly sinister chain of events.

Unfortunately for me as a reader, Tessa wasn't a particularly sympathetic character and the portrayal of her obsession with the man she thought of as Em's attacker was too unrelenting for me - the first third of the book just seems to be her obsessing about this man and almost nothing else apart from regular interaction with Frances. Tessa's grip on reality seems to loosen more and more, It also seemed obvious to me .who the 'villain' was going to be - in fact, it seemed so obvious I was expecting a complete twist in the tale and for it to be someone else entirely, but no. It really was the obvious person and the journey to finding that out was not a particularly gripping one (in fact, I admit to quite a bit of eye-rolling as I was reading).

Up to now, I've read almost all of Tammy Cohen's books and have previously always enjoyed them, so I would read more by her - by and large most authors write a book that's not up to their usual standard and I'd say this one was it for TC.

Tammy Cohen has excelled herself with this great psychological thriller. After Emma is attacked whilst walking home one evening, her mum engages in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the alleged attacker. I finally went to sleep at 2.30am last night because I just couldn't put it down. A very easy 5 star read.

Stop At Nothing is the first book that I read by Tammy Cohen and unfortunately I found it a disappointment.

Whilst the precis of the book promised a lot I did not find any of the main characters interesting or engaging and had worked out the who very early on. In addition the book seemed to drag and was overlong

So unfortunately this isn't one I would recommend

Tammy Cohen is an author I love, but not all of her books have been great. Tammy has written under other names, including Tamar Cohen and Rachel Rhys so it is quite possible you have read a book by the author without realising it.

I was excited to read Stop At Nothing, not only did the blurb sound good but I have read some crackingly good psychological thrillers from the author before.

As parents we want to protect our children, so I could totally empathise with Tess who struggled when her daughter was attacked on her way home late one night. A horrible situation and as Tess was already fragile thanks to her recent marriage breakdown and redundancy.

There was a lot to like about Stop At Nothing but I really disliked Tess, sure she had been through a tough time but she was full of self pity and self obsession that at times I wanted to shout at her. Not to mention how blinkered and obsessive she was.

I also thought that had it all figured out quite early on and wanted the book to hurry up and tell me whether I was right or not.

But, having said that, I enjoyed reading Stop At Nothing, it was well written, well researched and was an interesting story that was even more interesting after I read the acknowledgments at the end.

One more thing I will say about Tess is that she has very good taste in dog names, her dog is called Dotty which is the same as my dog. It was a bit strange reading about her Dotty, especially at certain points but you’ll get that when you read the book.

If you like psychological thrillers then Stop At Nothing by Tammy Cohen is a good book for you. I do think the author has written better books but don’t let that put you off.

Imagine your horror your 16 year old daughter is coming home from school when she is grabbed from behind and assaulted fortunately a passerby comes to her rescue and escorts her home to her mum
Obviously any mum would be grateful beyond belief, the girl and her rescuer are asked to go to the police station to try and identify the attacker but neither can even though the mum believes it is one of the men they have looked at
She takes it upon herself to try and prove it is him it has to be doesn't it.
By the use of social media she finds information about this guy even writes on his Facebook page
But then someone starts to send messages to her? If she can find stuff out about him then he can do the same????
A true twisted tale

This is a good psychological thriller that had me racing through the pages.
Tess is devastated when her daughter is attacked coming home one night and wants the attacker to be punished.
When he seems to get away with it, Tess starts looking out for him and tries to intimidate him.
She is warned against this by the Police but her new friend Frances encourages her.
Frances stopped the attack so Tess and Emma are grateful to her but Tess’ friends are suspicious of her.
There is a lot of tension in this book as Tess becomes obsessed with the man who she believes is the person responsible for what happened.
This book is full of twists and turns and I really enjoyed the way the story was told.
Thanks to Random House UK and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

Stop at Nothing is a dark psychological thriller by Tammy Cohen about a mother’s quest to get justice for her teenage daughter after she was attacked on her way home from a party. It is also a story about trust and obsession. I’ve loved Tammy Cohen’s previous books so I couldn’t wait to start reading her latest. It took a very different direction to what I originally thought it would, and this is what made the story feel very original, especially the twist which came towards the end.

I was hooked right from the intense opening when Tess’s daughter, Emma, is at the police station after the police have called her in to try and identify her attacker. I really connected with Tess and her quest to get justice for Emma. It did feel like she was at the end of a tether as she attempted to try and make people listen. It seemed that people were trying to push her back all the time. There were times when I wanted someone to step in and help Tess, and I feared what was going to happen to her as she continued to try and get justice. And there were times when I wanted her to stop, to prevent anything bad happening to her and her family.

Tammy Cohen’s writing is very easy to get into. She always creates hugely engaging characters. The emotion in Tammy’s characters comes through very strongly in this book, especially in Tess as she is still struggling to come to terms with what has happened to her daughter. She is a character who I really felt for. I wanted her to get justice for her daughter. But there is also something else that has happened. She has an estranged relationship with her eldest daughter, and it is clear that something has happened in their past that has caused a rift between them. I was really interested in this part of the plot, and I wanted to know what had happened between them to cause this strain in their relationship.

There is a lot of tension in this book as Tess continues to investigate what happened to her daughter, and as she becomes infatuated with a man who she believes is the person responsible for what happened. Now, this was a part of the story which I was never quite sure about, and Tammy Cohen kept me on my toes as I kept wondering if this person was the culprit. I couldn’t believe some of the lengths that Tess was going to here, to try and bring this person to justice.

This is a book that certainly, for me, kept its secrets under wraps until the final pages. There’s a very sinister tone that made me think that all was not quite as it seems. There are some very dark characters who will keep you hooked and intrigued. Stop at Nothing is another top psychological thriller by Tammy Cohen. I can’t wait to read what she writes next.

When the bell rings one evening, Tess does not know that this will change her life completely. Her 16-year-old daughter Emma was attacked on her way home from the bus stop, a man tried to abduct her but luckily, a woman came by and could save her. Tess is more than grateful for what Frances has done that night and so it is quite natural to let her into their life which has been a bit chaotic after Tess’ divorce. When Emma fails to identify the attacker with the police, Tess feels the need to do something and so does Frances who thinks she could recognize the man: James Laurence Stephens. Tess totally freaks out, such a man cannot be left running around freely and thus she starts to observe him, follow him online and gets totally worked up about him. Frances is always on her side, supporting her and Emma who does not cope too well with the situation. But then, Tess’ anger and spying fire back and now she is under threat – obviously by a man who is capable of more than just harassing girls.

Tammy Cohen’s psychological thriller got me hooked immediately. The author does not give you a chance to slowly get into the novel, she starts right in the middle of the police investigation and thus, does not leave you any time to get acquainted with the characters and situation – just like Tess was overwhelmed by the incident. Neither does suspense nor the pace slow down after this, the plot moves at a very high speed and this is how you just like Tess lose the focus and get lost in the events. Since I utterly adored the novel, I was curious to find out more about the writer and I was quite astonished that I have read and liked several of her novels published under the pseudonyms Tamar Cohen and Rachel Rhys. She surely is a gifted writer no matter what kind of genre she works on.

What I appreciated most apart from the suspense and high pace was Cohen’s protagonist Tess who is authentically depicted: a wife who has lost her husband as well as her career, who struggles with life and just wants to do the things right at a moment, when nothing seems to work out for her anymore. She is under a lot of pressure from all sides and this makes it easy for her to get immersed in this paranoia of following her daughter’s apparent attacker. From her limited point of view, it all makes totally sense. As a reader, you know that something is not quite right with her perspective, especially since there are parentheses coming obviously from some other character that are not easy to insert into the picture.

A brilliant and captivating read that I could hardly put down. Skilfully crafted with unexpected twists and turns and superbly playing on the psychological aspects of somebody being stressed out and thus prone to fall prey to evil and malevolent fellows.

So, this took me the beat part of the day and was a good worthwhile effort, it was enjoyable...
However, if you read many psychological/thrilly types of books I think, as me, you will see the main twist of the book early on....this didnt spoil it for me, unless you count me thinking ‘oh for goodness sake its OBVIOUS’ and ‘ they’re behind you’ at regular intervals! 😂
The story revolves around Tess, newly menopausal and single and redundant and her 2 daughters,Tess just about copes and then her younger daughter is attacked.....the story then focuses on who is guilty of the attack...its so much more involved than than but to say much more would give hints!!
There is a sterling cast including a benign yet perfect ex hubby’s new girlfriend, old friends-some not as nice as they should be and Tessa’s parents-Mum with dementia and Dad with Diabetes ( some of Tess’s feelings towards both are very moving and heartfelt as is the descriptions of their illnesses )
The part Facebook/ Insta/home CCTV and spyware play in the story are as always chilling when you realise just what is accessible to people via these platforms
Beware that Tess is partial to clamminess and very regular spurts of adrenaline!
Insomnia features in the book and the reality of how this affects Tess is eye opening and really well described
This is my 2nd most ‘pressed the kindle button to see what a word means’ book of the year, some great words that have never heard of before
A short but unnecessary dig at ‘man spreading’ irritated me ( its our biology not anything else!! )
Anyway am rambling so will finish by saying a very well written, easy to enjoy and just keep on reading kinda book that even after I guessed what was to come still hit all the right spots

Stop at Nothing was soooooo good. Devoured in one sitting it was full of twists and turns and while I'd had my suspicions about the plot twist, Cohen kept me guessing until the end about my suspicions. Inspired by a traumatic event that happened to the author's daughter in 2014, this tale seemingly leads us down one road, only to fork off along the way into a whole other side road. Seamlessly written without one wasted word, I was gripped from the start. As well as the main plot, there were beautiful observations about family life, growing older, starting over and the harsh reality of having to watch as those who cared for us, become the cared for. A perfect summer read with enough sophistication to make it a thrilling ride. You will not want to put this down once you open the first page!

A gripping read which deserves the genre thriller. A mother who will do anything to keep her children safe. Tessa is a slightly erratic character and the more you learn about her you can see how she starts to unravel. A divorce, hitting 50 and the menopause. I related to a lot of her life even down to the dog! A twisty, turny tale with a great ending.

Gripping and twisty with some unexpected parts. So parts were a little dragged out, but it really touched on what a mother will do for her children and how she will go to any lengths to protect them and how parents are always second guessing their decisions and wondering where they could do better. A little slow going to begin with, but then picked up, with an unexpected ending.

Stop At Nothing by Tammy Cohen had all the makings of a great story - but it wasn't as good as I had expected. I have read and loved previous books from this author so I had high hopes for this new one - I was disappointed. I found that the main character was over the top and annoying. The story at times dragged and I found it hard to stay engaged. But in saying all that the story was good - however, I did work it all out quite early and I was sad to be correct. I was hoping for a twist that I had missed.

Tess is a single mother and tries her best to be a good mother to her girls. Her youngest, Emma is attacked on her way home from a party one night. She is terrified and retreats into herself. And then one day Tess see's Emmas attacker in their street, close to their home. From this point on Tess is out of control and does everything she can to protect her daughter from this man. - no matter what the cost, even though it puts them in danger.

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for my advanced copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and are in no way biased

I LOVED this book! No murders or gruesome details, no complicated police action or stake-outs, just a pure domestic, subtle, insidious, totally readable tale of how one person, Frances, supposedly a 'hero', can turn one family, and in particular one woman's life upside-down, by her desire to be involved and help.
This storyline plays with your mind, is poetic in its description of domesticity, of being a dog-owner, of a mother's love so powerful that Tessa really will Stop at Nothing to protect Em (and Rosie) even though she's lost her editing job, hit fifty, is menopausal and her husband cruelly left her for another woman.
It is a perfectly credible plot that makes you worry about what we post online, how private our 'private' lives really are and whether we can ever trust anyone with who they say they are! With an ageing parent who has dementia thrown into the mix too, there are many emotional layers added to this story that create a depth and empathy with many modern day challenges that readers will have experienced in some ways themselves.
A highly recommended read!

I really enjoyed reading this and had no idea how it was going to end. The main character,Tess, was very annoying; impulsive, illogical and heedless in her tunnel vision pursuit of her daughter's perceived attacker. However, all of of the characters were strong and there were no superfluous walk-ons, (except possibly Nick who I did not feel Tess deserved). I was disappointed in the end when the thread Tess had been chasing fizzled out, and did not think the drama of the book needed a suspected murder. However, I was drawn in by the good plotting and the writing style and found it very entertaining.

The lengths a mother would go to to protect her child.
Tess is fighting, in an often irrational and impulsive way, for justice for her daughter Emma, after her attacker remains at large following a failure in the police identification procedure they endure.
Tess is a pretty annoying character, jumping to conclusions from no evidence and turning to stalker-like behaviour when she thinks she has found the perpetrator, but actually put in the situation I think most parents would respond similarly to protect their children, albeit maybe slightly less intensely!
More disconcerting is the constant presence of Frances, the good Samaritan who saw the attack and stopped her car to frighten off the attacker and has inveigled herself into the lives of Tess, Emma and her estranged daughter and husband and his new partner. Frances set my teeth on edge within the first few pages of meeting her- she comes across as creepy and clingy in all the very worst ways.
Tess's rampage towards justice (or is it revenge?) is an enthralling read, discomforting at almost every turn but impossible to put down!