Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HardScape | 1994 | Justin Scott | Buy |
| 2 | Stonedust | 1995 | Justin Scott | Buy |
| 3 | FrostLine | 2004 | Justin Scott | Buy |
| 4 | McMansion | 2006 | Justin Scott | Buy |
| 5 | Mausoleum | 2007 | Justin Scott | Buy |
The Ben Abbott Mysteries series by Justin Scott is a five-book series that began in 1994 with HardScape and ran through to Mausoleum in 2007. The first two books — HardScape (1994) and Stonedust (1995) — appeared in consecutive years, then the series went quiet for nearly a decade before resuming with FrostLine in 2004.
The final three books followed in relatively quick succession: FrostLine in 2004, McMansion in 2006, and Mausoleum in 2007. Several of the titles have an architectural or construction flavour — HardScape, FrostLine, McMansion, Mausoleum — which gives the series a distinct thematic thread running through the naming.