
After the End
A Novel
Barbara Abel(Author)
HarperVia (Publisher)
Published on 12. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-06-330635-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this riveting domestic thriller, a standalone sequel to Mothers' Instinct, a recent divorcee and her two children befriend their new neighbors, only to realize there's something dangerously unsettling about the couple next door.
After separating from her work-obsessed husband, Nora Depardieu is ready for a fresh start. With her vivacious teenage daughter and eight-year-old son in tow, she moves into half of a cozy two-family house in a tranquil suburb and goes to work as a teacher's aide.
Being a working single mother is a challenge, and Nora is grateful when her new next-door neighbor, Tiphaine Geniot, offers to watch the kids. The arrangement thrills Nora's daughter, who has begun a mutual flirtation with Tiphaine's fifteen-year-old son, Milo.
But Nora doesn't know that the Geniots are a disturbed couple whose lives were destroyed by a devastating loss. She also doesn't know a tragic secret about Milo that is also connected to her new house.
As the truth of the past come to light, what Nora doesn't know could kill her. . . .
Translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer
After separating from her work-obsessed husband, Nora Depardieu is ready for a fresh start. With her vivacious teenage daughter and eight-year-old son in tow, she moves into half of a cozy two-family house in a tranquil suburb and goes to work as a teacher's aide.
Being a working single mother is a challenge, and Nora is grateful when her new next-door neighbor, Tiphaine Geniot, offers to watch the kids. The arrangement thrills Nora's daughter, who has begun a mutual flirtation with Tiphaine's fifteen-year-old son, Milo.
But Nora doesn't know that the Geniots are a disturbed couple whose lives were destroyed by a devastating loss. She also doesn't know a tragic secret about Milo that is also connected to her new house.
As the truth of the past come to light, what Nora doesn't know could kill her. . . .
Translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
230 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-06-330635-6 (9780063306356)
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Barbara Abel is the author of fourteen thrillers, including Mothers' Instinct and After the End. She lives in Belgium.