National Bestselling Author Alan Jacobson
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Velocity
A Karen Vail novel
Vanguard Press, 2010

Most people dream of going to the Napa Valley. FBI Profiler Karen Vail can't wait to get out of there.

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.

Setting: The Napa Valley; Washington, DC; Quantico,  VA; San Diego; Las Vegas

 

Main characters: FBI Profiler Karen Vail, Napa County Investigator Roxxann Dixon, Detective Lieutenant Redmond Brix, Special Agent Hector DeSantos, ASAC Thomas Gifford, Special Agent Guy Turino

 

eBook: Kindle, Nook, Sony, iPad

Audio: Brilliance Audio

Foreign rights sales in process

Watch an interview with Alan Jacobson and FBI Profiler Mark Safarik

 

Crush
A Karen Vail novel
Vanguard Press, 2009

FBI Profiler Karen Vail went to the Napa Valley for a vacation. The Crush Killer had other plans.

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

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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: 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

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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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