Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnolias and Mayhem | 2000 | Jeff Abbott | Buy |
| 2 | …And the Dying is Easy | 2001 | Jeff Abbott | Buy |
| 3 | The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 | 2004 | Jeff Abbott | Buy |
| 4 | Greatest Hits | 2005 | Jeff Abbott | Buy |
| 5 | Death Do Us Part | 2006 | Jeff Abbott | Buy |
| 6 | Death’s Excellent Vacation | 2010 | Jeff Abbott | Buy |
| 7 | No Rest for the Dead | 2011 | Jeff Abbott | Buy |
| 8 | Robot Uprisings | 2014 | Jeff Abbott | Buy |
Jeff Abbott’s short fiction work appears in some well-regarded crime anthology series, including Death Do Us Part and Death’s Excellent Vacation, both of which collected original mystery stories from major genre writers. His contributions demonstrate the range that also shows up in his novel work, moving between cozy-adjacent crime fiction and harder-edged suspense depending on the anthology’s tone.
No Rest for the Dead (2011) is a notable entry in this list — a round-robin mystery novel where each chapter was written by a different author, with Abbott among the contributors. The book follows a single storyline about a woman executed for her husband’s murder and the possibility that she was innocent, with each author picking up the narrative where the last left off.
Robot Uprisings (2014), co-edited by Daniel H. Wilson, represents Abbott’s most genre-unusual collaboration: a science fiction anthology collecting stories about artificial intelligence and machine rebellion from writers across crime, literary, and speculative fiction. Abbott’s involvement in projects that far outside his usual territory reflects a curiosity that has kept his career unpredictable over three decades.