Jeff Abbott

You can't be a professor and talk out of a textbook to teach locomotive operations. You can't create the end read more

You can't be a professor and talk out of a textbook to teach locomotive operations. You can't create the end product without hands-on training.

He is singularly unequipped to beat these people.

He is singularly unequipped to beat these people.

We do something like this every year. Then this catastrophe hit, and it seemed like the obvious choice to help.

We do something like this every year. Then this catastrophe hit, and it seemed like the obvious choice to help.

I had started writing the fourth Whit Mosley book, ... I was 40 pages into it, and then Dutton asked read more

I had started writing the fourth Whit Mosley book, ... I was 40 pages into it, and then Dutton asked me if I would consider writing a standalone. The series novel can do a lot to build a loyal readership, but the standalone is sometimes easier for the publisher to market to a broader audience.

[And now that he's graduated to hardcover and 11-city book tour status, he's found there's a real advantage to the read more

[And now that he's graduated to hardcover and 11-city book tour status, he's found there's a real advantage to the standalone novels that Dutton suggested he write.] You can explore broader themes in a standalone novel, ... You can put your character through much greater levels of hell.