Alan Jacobson

"Karen Vail is as compelling a character as any created by Patricia Cornwell, or yours truly."
—James Patterson New York Times bestselling author

BREAKING NEWS

- Inmate 1577 was named to The Strand Magazine's Top 10 Best Books of the Year list. FBI Profiler Karen Vail returns in a story that not only bridges time and space but leads to a mysterious island with buried secrets: Alcatraz. The Rock.
Read an excerpt from Inmate 1577
Watch the Inmate 1577 trailer

· Fatal Twist, a short story featuring enigmatic FBI Profiler Karen Vail, is now available.

· The Karen Vail novels have been optioned by TNT for a series of two hour TV movies. If the project is green lighted, The 7th Victim would be the first to hit the screen.

Read an excerpt from Crush
Watch the Crush book trailer

Read an excerpt from The 7th Victim
Watch The 7th Victim book trailer

Writer’s Toolkit I continue to receive questions not only about the art of writing, but about the process of getting published. More

Alan’s Charitable Interests View a list of organizations Alan supports. More

Click the Video Gallery button below to watch interviews
and other cool videos pertaining to Alan's novels,
including a four-part interview with FBI Profiler Mark Safarik:

Follow me on

New releases

Fatal Twist (short story)
Inmate 1577 (Karen Vail #4)

Newly reissued novels

Karen Vail Series

Praise for the works of
Alan Jacobson

"Plenty of bark and bite, sizzle
and emotion...a tangled tale of delightful intrigue. Well done."
–Steve Berry
New York Times bestselling author

"Crush rocks from the opening
page to the jarring conclusion.”
–Steve Martini
New York Times bestselling author

"Karen Vail is one tough character."
–Kathy Reichs
New York Times bestselling author
& creator of TV's "Bones"

"A smart, stylish whodunnit
with lots of surprises, and a
finish with all the punch of a blockbuster Cabernet."
–Andrew Gross
New York Times bestselling author

"Relentless as a bullet. Karen Vail
is my kind of hero and Alan Jacobson is my kind of writer!"
- Michael Connelly
New York Times bestselling author

"Jacobson breathes life into the killer in a way that made my heart pound—and I do this for a living.”
- Mary Ellen O'Toole
Senior FBI profiler &
Supervisory Special Agent (ret)