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Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott is the American thriller writer behind the Sam Capra spy series and a long string of psychological-suspense standalones. He has won the Edgar, the Macavity, and several other genre awards across a thirty-year career.

Reviews

8

Books on file

8

Avg rating

4.0

Years active

1994-2009

Reviewed

Our reviews of Jeff Abbott's work

The takes

What we have said about Jeff Abbott

  • The first Jeff Abbott mystery. Small-town Texas librarian as accidental detective. Edgar winner for a reason.

  • The second Jordan Poteet mystery. Jeff Abbott loosening up and writing his small Texas town with full confidence.

  • The third Jordan Poteet mystery. Jeff Abbott bringing back a former friend to the small Texas town and turning the screws.

  • The fourth and final Jordan Poteet mystery. Jeff Abbott closing out the small-town Texas librarian series with appropriate weight.

  • A Jeff Abbott standalone thriller. Two strangers, one very bad coincidence, and a fast-moving piece of mid-2000s suspense.

  • A Jeff Abbott standalone thriller. An amnesia premise that should not work and a writer who knows exactly how to make it.

  • Jeff Abbott writing a propulsive standalone thriller. Texas filmmaker discovers his real parents were not the people he thought they were.

  • A Jeff Abbott standalone thriller. The kind of high-concept hook with a satisfying execution that the form sometimes still delivers.