Jeff Abbott
Author of Panic
About the Author
Jeff Abbott (born 1963) is a U.S. suspense novelist. He has a degree in History and English from Rice University. He lives in Austin, Texas. His early novels were traditional detective fiction but in recent years he has turned to writing thriller fiction. His novels include: Do Unto Others (1994) show more -- winner of the Agatha Award and the Macavity Award (given by Mystery Readers International) for Best First Novel; Black Jack Point (2002), nominated for the Edgar Award (given by Mystery Writers of America) and for the Anthony Award and for the Barry Award; Cut and Run (2003), nominated for the Edgar Award; Panic (2005), nominated for the Thriller Award (given by the International Thriller Writers); and Trust Me (2009). His novel, Panic, has been optioned for film by The Weinstein Company and is in development. His novel, Collision, has been optioned for film by Twentieth Century Fox. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Jeff Abbott foto: Larry D. Moore
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Works by Jeff Abbott
Jeff Abbott - 4 Books 12 copies
Human Intelligence 1 copy
Associated Works
Greatest Hits: Original Stories of Hitmen, Hired Guns, and Private Eyes (2005) — Contributor — 16 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1963-08-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Places of residence
- Austin, Texas, USA
Houston, Texas, USA - Education
- Rice University
- Occupations
- novelist
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I started reading this and seemed to go on and nothing was happening. I decided to read until the first murder and then quit. It took off and there were a lot of twists and turns I did not expect. I did not figure out who the murderer was until revealed. I actually enjoyed the story.
Jordan Poteet and his pals are up in a tree house determined to ride out Hurricane Althea. A tornado comes and the boys go running for shelter. After it is over, the boys find a body of a young girl. Fast forward to present day and they are all adults. One of the men is murdered. The following day another of the group dies in a shooting. Jordan, a librarian goes into investigative mode. Junebug, the police chief and boyfriend of Jordan's sister is shot at and then hospitalized. Are all these incidents related? And do they all relate back to that long ago day when they found the body of Rennie Clifton?… (more)
Jordan Poteet and his pals are up in a tree house determined to ride out Hurricane Althea. A tornado comes and the boys go running for shelter. After it is over, the boys find a body of a young girl. Fast forward to present day and they are all adults. One of the men is murdered. The following day another of the group dies in a shooting. Jordan, a librarian goes into investigative mode. Junebug, the police chief and boyfriend of Jordan's sister is shot at and then hospitalized. Are all these incidents related? And do they all relate back to that long ago day when they found the body of Rennie Clifton?… (more)
Downfall moves our hero, Sam Capra, away from the story that has dominated the first two books into new adventures with some level of success. The good: the story features a villain with a plan that is both high-enough stakes to matter without being so over the top evil that it strains your credulity too much. The bad: the ending didn't entirely make sense to me.
Sam is back and I am happy! He is older and wiser but just as quick and exciting.
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I didn't realise at the time this book is #^ in a series, but not having read the previous 5 did not spoil my enjoyment of this book. The way in which the Author tackled this genre, made it easy to read and it wasn't bogged down with all techno speak this kind of novel can sometimes have.