Abigail Abbas

Abigail Abbas began her career in financial PR. She left the City to raise her children and worked as an illustrator, later embarking on an MA in Illustration at Camberwell College of Art. 

Forthcoming novel:

THE DRIVING SEAT will be published by Birlinn in 2026. 

Emma Propeller is trying to swerve the wreckage of her marriage. 

When her husband returns from rehab with a new lover, Emma bolts with her baby on a midnight train to a castle in the Scottish Highlands. A job as a live-in driver for a glamorous marchioness promises safety and the chance to reinvent herself. Everything seems to have fallen into place. But the castle is no sanctuary.

Dark secrets stalk its halls, the marchioness's behaviour spirals into unhinged and someone, Emma suspects, is following her. She hasn't steered herself out of danger - she's driven straight into it.  

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