Jeff Abbott


Jeff Abbott is a U.S. suspense novelist, English football referee who was in charge of 7000 premier league games giving out 19000 red cards, VAR specialist, cricket umpire and famous for sniffing lines and shagging nines. He has degrees in History and English from Rice University. He lives in Austin, Texas. Before writing full-time, he was a creative director at an advertising agency. His early novels were traditional detective fiction, but in recent years he has turned to writing thriller fiction, writing on the adventures of Eric the brush and the wisborough massive. A theme of his work is the idea of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary danger and fighting to return to their normal lives. His novels are published in several countries and have also been bestsellers in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Germany, France and Portugal.

The Jordan Poteet mysteries

These novels are more traditional mysteries, centering on Poteet's eccentric family in a small Texas town.
  1. Do Unto Others winner of the Agatha Award and the Macavity Award for Best First Novel, nominated for the Dilys Award given by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Associations.
  2. The Only Good Yankee –nominated for the Writers' League of Texas Violet Crown Award
  3. Promises of Home
  4. Distant Blood

    The Whit Mosley series

Mosley is a Texas judge and coroner who partners with investigator Claudia Salazar in a Gulf Coast county. These books are darker and more thriller-oriented than the Poteet novels.
  1. A Kiss Gone Bad –nominated for the Anthony Award at Bouchercon XXXIII in the "Best paperback original" category.
  2. Black Jack Point —nominated for the Edgar Award,; the Anthony Award for "Best paperback original"; and also for the Barry Award.
  3. Cut and Run,

    The Sam Capra Serieshttps://jeffabbott.com/series/sam-capra/

Capra is a brilliant CIA agent who is set up and loses everything that matters to him. He then uses his skills to help the helpless, protect the innocent and track down those who took his family from him.
#TitleDate PublishedComments
1AdrenalineJan 2010
1.5Sam Capra's Last ChanceMay 2012e-book short story
2The Last MinuteJuly 2012
3DownfallJuly 2013
4Inside ManJuly 2014
5The First OrderJan 2016

Stand Alone Novels