A new killer is on the loose, seemingly related to the one she
encountered in Crush. But this killer turns out to be like
quicksand, pulling her deeper into a world she's never before
experienced...forcing her to face off against foes more dangerous than
any she's ever encountered. It's a high-octane thriller that Michael
Connelly called "Relentless as a bullet" from the first page.
While on R&R
in the Napa Valley, Vail stumbles on a dead body in the deep reaches of
an elite wine cave. The crime scene screams "serial killer," and Vail
offers her profiling skills to the local police, who are reluctant to
believe a serial killer is involved. But when the body count rises, the
police seek out her advice. Her involvement raises the ire and interest
of the Crush Killer, and things spin out of control, resulting in a
rousing climax that has dire consequences for Vail and the task force.
Foreign rights sold
to multiple countries.
Audio: Phoenix Audio
(read by Tish Hicks)
eBook: Kindle, Nook,
Sony, iPad
Setting: The Napa
Valley
Main characters:
FBI Profiler Karen Vail, Napa County Investigator Roxxann Dixon,
Detective Lieutenant Redmond Brix, Special Agent Austin Mann, Detective
Ray Lugo, Detective Robby Hernandez, ASAC Thomas Gifford
Watch the book
trailer
Watch an interview with Alan Jacobson and FBI
Profiler Mark Safarik
The 7th Victim
A Karen Vail novel
Vanguard Press,
2008
FBI Profiler Karen
Vail's debut novel. Vail battles the Dead Eyes killer - and personal
demons - in the profiling unit's backyard. Vail discovers that the 7th
victim holds the key to all that stirs this killer...the key that
unlocks secrets too painful for Vail to bear, secrets that threaten to
destroy her career. For Vail, the truth lies at the heart of a lie.
Meticulously researched over 7 years with the FBI profiling unit,
The 7th Victim is packed with twists and turns -and a shockeroo
ending you won't see coming.
Named one of
Library Journal's Best Books of the Year.
Movie rights sold to
an A-list Hollywood producer.
Foreign rights sold
to multiple countries.
Audio: Phoenix Audio
(ready by Lila Wellesley)
eBook: Kindle, Nook,
Sony, iPad
Setting: the FBI
Behavioral Analysis (Profiling) Unit, the FBI Academy, Virginia.
Main characters: FBI
Profiler Karen Vail, Detective Paul Bledsoe, Detective Robby Hernandez,
ASAC Thomas Gifford, The Dead Eyes killer
Watch the book trailer
Watch an interview with
Alan Jacobson and FBI Profiler Mark Safarik
The Hunted
Simon & Schuster/Pocket
Books, 2002
How well do you
know the one you love?
Gifted psychologist
Lauren Chambers, herself a sufferer of agorophobia (fear of being in
public) awakens to find her husband Michael missing. Lauren battles her
psychological limitations as she searches for Michael. But she stumbles
onto a dangerous plot involving a famed assassin's vendetta, concealed
identities --and secrets buried in the FBI 's past.
Setting: the FBI
Academy, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Placerville, California
Main characters:
Lauren Chambers, Nick Bradley, Special Agent Hector DeSantos, Special
Agent Brian Archer, FBI Director Douglas Knox, FBI Agent Harper Payne
Published in several
foreign countries
Currently out of
print. Plans are being discussed for an eBook release, an update and a reissue, but details are
still being worked out.
False Accusations
Simon & Schuster/Pocket
Books, 1999
Are you really innocent until
proven guilty?
Surgeon Phillip
Madison awakens to a hoard of cops at his door, who arrest him for
double murder. He claims he's been falsely accused, but blood evidence
implicates him, and he has no alibi. But there's a great deal more to
this story, including a psychotic former employee and prior allegations
of rape. Oh--and the ending is a shocker.
Alan's debut novel
Setting: Sacramento,
California
Main characters: Dr.
Phillip Madison, D. Jeffrey Hellman, Brittany Harding, Criminalist Ryan
Chandler
Published in
multiple foreign countries
Audio version. Read
by Zeljko Ivanek
Currently out of print. An eBook release and a reissue
are possible, but no firm plans have been made
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