Jeff Abbott

Jordan Poteet has left the big city to work as a librarian in his hometown of Mirabeau, Texas. But his dream of the quiet life is shattered when he locks horns with Miss Beta Harcher, the town's prize religious fanatic, in a battle over censorship. When Jordan finds her murdered body in the library, he becomes the prime suspect. And when the police find a cryptic list stashed next to her fanatical heart, it seems as if Beta Harcher has the whole town in a death grip . . .From the Paperback edition.

"Jeff Abbott returns with the next exciting thriller in his New York Times bestselling Sam Capra series. "--

The story of two men living very different lives: one, a successful corporate consultant who is mourning the murder of his new bride; the other, a former CIA agent known only as "Pilgrim," whose current assignment for a fringe espionage agency is so treacherous he doesn't trust even his own boss. When they are thrown together in a violent, unexpected event, the two men realize that they've been framed in an elaborate setup.

It begins as a routine trick: two guys on a beach after midnight. Instant attraction, chemical overload, but in the heat of the moment they are interrupted. Brutalised by police, they fight back, a cop dies and Nick and Jeff are on the run through Los Angeles at its worst. James Robert Baker's cult first novel is at once an anarchist's howl of rage at the oppression and soulless culture of Hollywood, and a noir thriller peppered with hilarious vignettes and ironic insights.

Ben Forsberg is an ordinary guy, leading an ordinary life - or so he thinks. Everything changes the day two government agents appear unexpectedly at his door. Ben's business card has been found in the wallet of one of America's most dangerous assassins, who has just been shot dead. Whoever killed him has now set their sights on Ben. With no idea why he has been targeted, Ben has to act quickly. And in a world where suddenly nothing is as it seems, and no one can be trusted, Ben's only option is to run for his life.

Twin sisters separated by the past are reunited by unspeakable crimes in New York Times best-selling author Mary Burton's throat-clutching novel of suspense.

From New York Times bestselling 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. My mom would never leave me. This has been Mariah Dunning's motto. Her compass. Her belief. So when she glimpses her mother--who's been missing for the past year--on the other side of a crowded food court, Mariah's conviction becomes stronger than ever. Or is she losing her mind? An unlikely coincidence? When Beth Dunning disappeared without a trace, suspicion for her murder-despite the lack of a body or any physical evidence-immediately fell upon Mariah's father. Until Mariah stumbles upon two other recent disappearances from Lakehaven. And all three women had the same name: Beth. Or a sinister connection? Mariah would give anything to find out what happened to her mother, and clear her father's name. But the truth may be more devastating than she could have imagined..."--provided by publisher.

Ex-CIA agent Sam Capra is contacted by kidnappers to find and murder the one man that can expose them in exchange for his son's freedom.

A serial novel featuring contributions by twenty-five masters of suspense follows detective Jon Nunn as he re-opens a ten-year-old case to discover if the wrong person was convicted and put to death for the murder of art curator Christopher Thomas.

Las cosas van bien para el joven Evan Casher. Su carrera de director de documentales está en su mejor momento y la relación con su nueva novia, Carrie, es perfecta. Pero las cosas se tuercen de manera inexplicable cuando recibe una llamada telefónica urgente de su madre pidiéndole que vaya a casa. Cuando llega encuentra su cuerpo asesinado de forma brutal en el suelo de la cocina y un sicario dentro esperándole. Entonces se da cuenta de que toda su vida ha sido una mentira. Sus padres no son quienes él creía que eran, su novia tampoco lo es; toda su existencia ha sido una farsa montada con ingenio. Y ahora que lo sabe corre un grave peligro. La única esperanza para Evan de sobrevivir es descubrir la verdad sobre su pasado.

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 tempest, they raced for safety--and stumbled over the body of a beautiful girl.Now, the six schoolmates who shared the grisly sight of death so long ago are being coolly murdered, one by one, day by day. By whom? Why? Unless Jordan and Police Chief Junebug Moncrief, another survivor of the storm, can answer those questions fast, it will be their turn to die. . . .From the Paperback edition.

"From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott BLAME 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. At first, everyone was sympathetic. Then they found Jane's note: I wish we were dead together. A girl to blame ... From that day the town turned against her. But even now Jane is filled with questions: Why were they on that road? Why was she with David? Did she really want to die? The secrets she should forget Most of all, she must find out who has just written her an anonymous message: I know what really happened. I know what you don't remember.."--

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 an even bigger jolt when his ex-girlfriend, Lorna, arrives from Boston. She's come to scoop up everybody's riverfront property -- and, if possible, Jordy as well.With pro-development folk and die-hard environmentalists all foaming at the mouth, tempers become downright murderous. And the unfortunate victim is Lorna's handsome colleague, garroted with a piece of barbed wire at the Mirabeau B&B.Dynamite, lust, murder...what next? Mirabeau braces for the worst and gets it -- while Jordy, his true love Candace, and Police Chief Junebug Moncrief light out after a killer...Agatha Award-winning author of Do Unto Others.From the Paperback edition.