Alan Jacobson's Books

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.

Setting: The Napa Valley
 

Foreign rights sold to multiple countries.

Audio and Kindle versions available.

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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 and Kindle versions available.

Setting: the FBI Behavioral Analysis (Profiling) Unit, the FBI Academy, Virginia.

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

Published in several foreign countries.

Currently out of print. Plans are being discussed for a Kindle release and a reissue, but no details are available.

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.

Published in multiple foreign countries.

Audio version.

Currently out of print. Plans are being discussed for a Kindle release and a reissue, but no plans are available.