Jeff Abbott

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1994
  • Latest Book:
    August 2022
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About the Author

Jeff Abbott is the internationally bestselling author of thirteen novels, including, Adrenaline, Panic Fear and Run.
He is a three-time nominee for the Edgar Award. He lives in Austin with his family.

Full Series List in Order

Jordan Poteet

1 - Do Unto Others (Oct-1994)
2 - The Only Good Yankee (May-1995)
3 - Promises of Home (Feb-1996)
4 - Distant Blood (Oct-1996)

Judge Whit Mosley

1 - A Kiss Gone Bad (Oct-2001)
2 - Black Jack Point (Sep-2002)
3 - Cut and Run (Nov-2003)

Sam Capra

1 - Adrenaline (Jul-2011)
1.5 - Sam Capra's Last Chance (May-2012)
2 - The Last Minute (Jul-2012)
3 - Downfall (Jul-2013)
4 - Inside Man (Jul-2014)
5 - The First Order (Jan-2016)

Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • Do Unto Others

    Jordan Poteet - 1

    “One of the most fun mysteries I’ve read in years. Thumbs up to Jeff Abbott’s delightful debut novel.” -- Carolyn G. HartAfter a few good years of city life, Jordan Poteet returns to his small hometown of Mirabeau, Texas, to work as a librari...

  • The Only Good Yankee

    Jordan Poteet - 2

    Mirabeau, Texas, is a dynamite little town -- especially when toolsheds, doghouses, and mailboxes mysteriously begin to explode. So far, the sole victim is local librarian Jordan Poteet, struck by a chunk of his girlfriend's mailbox. Yet Jordy gets a...

  • Promises of Home

    Jordan Poteet - 3

    In a small Texas town, murder brings home the unforgotten past. Twenty years ago, as Hurricane Althea lashed Central Texas, twelve-year-old Jordan Poteet and his friends decided to ride it out in their tree house. But in the still eye of the tempe...

  • Distant Blood

    Jordan Poteet - 4

    Blood runs cold--especially in this family. Thanks to a newfound connection with his natural father, librarian Jordan Poteet is suddenly a member of a rich Texas dynasty. But a series of poison-pen letters warns Jordan to stay away from the family...

  • Salt on the Rim - Dying Is Easy

    in And the Dying is Easy

    WHAT I SOLVED ON MY SUMMER VACATION. Detectives make their reputations solving cases of murder and mayhem. Ever wonder what happens when they try to get away from it all? In this summertime crime spree, twenty of today's best mystery writers--f...

  • A Kiss Gone Bad

    Judge Whit Mosley - 1

    Award-winning author Jeff Abbott has shaded the modern crime novel with wry dialogue, unforgettable characters, and steamy Southern atmosphere. In this eagerly awaited new novel, a rookie judge with everything to lose discovers there's nothing more d...

  • Black Jack Point

    Judge Whit Mosley - 2

    They found Whit Mosley’s missing friends at Black Jack Point -- dead and buried, along with bones and relics from a legendary past. When Whit opens an inquest into the murders, he’s plunged into a shadowy world of ruthless treasure hunters, doubl...

  • Cut and Run

    Judge Whit Mosley - 3

    Plunge into the "sleazy, seductive world of crime in Houston" as Judge Whit Mosely schemes to save him mother from a gang of sophisticated killers from the New York Times bestselling author, Jeff Abbott (Publishers Weekly).She's a liar.She's a thief....

  • Panic

    What if everything in your life was a lie? Things are going well for 24-year-old Evan Casher: his career as a documentary filmmaker is booming and his relationship with his new girlfriend, Carrie, couldn’t be better. After an urgent phone call fro...



  • Fear

    Everyone has a memory they'd like to forget. For federal witness Miles Kendrick, it's the shoot-out that left his best friend dead -- and Miles a hunted and haunted man. While helping his psychiatrist with a mysterious favor, Miles stumbles upon an i...

  • A Few Small Repairs

    in Mystery Writers of America Presents Death Do Us Part

    This volume compiles 18 gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today, including Harlan Coben, P.J. Parrish, Lee Child, Ridley Pearson, R.L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage....

  • Collision

    The international bestseller returns with his most ambitious, multidimensional, and tightly crafted thriller yet, a breakout achievement featuring his hallmark blend of ordinary people in extraordinary danger. Already an international sensation, w...

  • Run

  • Trust Me

    Luke Dantry tells people he has a job on the cutting edge of the war on terror-only he knows it's nowhere near as adrenaline-filled as he makes it sound. Luke's nightly task working for his stepfather's Washington think tank: Go undercover from the a...

  • Death's Excellent Vacation

    in Death's Excellent Vacation

    The editors of Wolfsbane and Mistletoe and Many Bloody Returns deliver a new collection-including a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story. New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Katie MacAlister, Jeaniene Frost-plus Lilith S...

  • Adrenaline

    Sam Capra - 1

    Sam Capra is living the life of his dreams. He’s a brilliant young CIA agent, stationed in London. His wife Lucy is seven months pregnant with their first child. They have a wonderful home, and are deeply in love. They have everything they could ...

  • Sam Capra's Last Chance

    Sam Capra - 1.5

    Sam Capra's infant son has been kidnapped. The shadowy, powerful organization responsible for the abduction has thwarted Sam at every turn. But now Sam, an ex-CIA agent, has a potential lead: a picture of the woman who took his child from the clinic ...

  • The Last Minute

    Sam Capra - 2

    Sam Capra must commit an impossible assassination -- or he will lose the only person in the world who matters to him . . . Sam Capra has one reason to live: to rescue his baby son from the people who abducted him. An ex-CIA agent, Sam now owns bars ...

  • Downfall

    Sam Capra - 3

    She is a good mother. She will do what she must to ensure that her daughter Diana has a perfect life, just as perfect as the one they've led for the past seven years. No matter who has to die. The simplest beginnings can unravel a life. For Sam...



  • Inside Man

    Sam Capra - 4

    Sam Capra's friend Steve has been murdered, shot dead in the rain outside of his Miami bar. The only lead: a mysterious, beautiful stranger Steve tried to protect. To avenge his friend, Sam goes undercover into the Varelas, one of Miami's most promin...

  • The First Order

    Sam Capra - 5

    Sam Capra is on a one-man mission to find his brother . . . And to stop a war. THE FIRST ORDER Two brothers. One dead, executed by extremists on a grainy video. The other forged into a top undercover agent. But now, Sam Capra has reason to believ...

  • Blame

    Sometimes the person you thought you knew best... Turns out to be someone you never really knew at all. The crash that killed him Two years ago, Jane Norton crashed her car on a lonely road, killing her friend David and leaving her with amnesia....

  • The Three Beths

    From New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Abbott, a psychologically intense and emotionally gripping new suspense novel about a daughter's desperate search for her missing mother -- one that may lead her closer to home than she ever anticipated. ...

  • Never Ask Me

    Each of us has a question we dread. In a quiet neighborhood in the wealthy Austin suburb of Lakehaven, the body of Danielle Roberts is discovered on a park bench. Danielle was a beloved member of the community, an adoption consultant who delivered...

  • An Ambush of Widows

    In New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott’s latest novel of riveting psychological suspense, an uneasy alliance forms as two widows delve into their husbands’ deadly and dangerous secrets -- as they try to protect their own. Henry North...

  • Traitor's Dance

    From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott, an exciting thriller in which undercover agent Sam Capra must capture the last American traitor. Sam Capra and his thirteen-year-old son, Daniel, are living a quiet life in Austin, Texas, where Sam ...

Award-Winning Books by Jeff Abbott

Do Unto Others
1994 Agatha Award -- First Novel
1995 Macavity Award -- First Mystery


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jeff Abbott has published 26 books.

Jeff Abbott does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Traitor's Dance, was published in August 2022.

The first book by Jeff Abbott, Do Unto Others, was published in October 1994.

Yes. Jeff Abbott has 3 series.
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