National Bestselling Author Alan Jacobson
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Inmate 1577
Karen Vail novel #4
Norwood Press, 2011 (hardcover)
Premier Digital Publishing (eBook)
EB Thor (trade paperback)

When an elderly woman is raped and brutally murdered, Karen Vail heads west to team up with Inspector Lance Burden and Detective Roxxann Dixon. As they follow the killer’s trail in and around San Francisco, the offender leaves behind clues that ultimately lead them to the most unlikely of places, a mysterious island ripped from city lore whose long-buried, decades-old secrets hold the key to their case: Alcatraz. The Rock.

It’s a case that has more twists and turns than the famed Lombard Street. The legendary Clive Cussler called Inmate 1577  “a powerful thriller, brilliantly conceived and written.”

Setting: San Francisco and Alcatraz (present-day); US Penitentiaries at Leavenworth and Alcatraz (1950s and 1960s); Washington, DC; Pennsylvania; Georgia.

 

Main characters: FBI Profiler Karen Vail, Detective Roxxann Dixon; San Francisco Homicide Inspector Lance Burden; Walton MacNally; Clay Allman; Stephen Scheer.

 

eBook: All e-platforms including Kindle, Nook, Sony, Apple, Google, Kobo

Audio: available from Billiance Audio April 1, 2012

Foreign rights sales to multiple foreign countries

Watch an interview with Alan Jacobson and FBI Profiler Mark Safarik

 

Velocity
Karen Vail novel #3
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: All e-platforms including Kindle, Nook, Sony, Apple, Google.

Audio: Brilliance Audio

Foreign rights sold to mutliple countries

Watch an interview with Alan Jacobson and FBI Profiler Mark Safarik

 

Crush
Karen Vail novel #2
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: All e-platforms including Kindle, Nook, Sony, Apple, Google.

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
Karen Vail novel #1
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.

Optioned by TNT for a two-hour TV movie

Foreign rights sold to multiple countries.

Audio: Phoenix Audio (ready by Lila Wellesley)

eBook: All e-platforms including Kindle, Nook, Sony, Apple, Google.

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
Premier Digital Publishing, 2011

EB Thor (trade paperback), 2011

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

eBook: All e-platforms including Kindle, Nook, Sony, Apple, Google.

Notes:

The Hunted has been lightly edited and freshly updated for the eBook reissue. A trade paperback should be available soon.

The Hunted introduces a number of characters that figure prominently in Alan Jacobson’s later novels, including Department of Defense covert operative Hector DeSantos and FBI Director Douglas Knox.

The Hunted is not just a thrilling read, but it’s an adventure that lays a solid foundation for many characters and stories slated to come in the Alan Jacobson universe.

eBook: All platforms, including Kindle, Nook, Sony, Apple,  Google, Kobo

Audio: New, unabridged version from Brilliance Audio will be available by June 2012

Bound book: A trade paperback of the freshly edited edition is now available.

 

False Accusations
Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, 1999
Premier Digital Publishing, 2011
EB Thor (trade paperback), 2011

Are you really innocent until proven guilty?

Dr. Phillip Madison has everything: wealth, power, and an impeccable reputation. But in the pre-dawn hours of a quiet California suburb, the revered orthopedic surgeon is charged with double homicide—a cold blooded hit-and-run that has left an innocent young couple dead. Blood evidence has brought the police to his door. An eyewitness has placed him at the crime scene…and Madison has no alibi. With his family torn apart, his career forever damaged, no way to prove his innocence and facing life in prison, Madison hires an investigator to find the person who has engineered the case against him. False Accusations is a psychological thriller that instantly became a National Bestseller and launched Alan Jacobson’s career, a novel that spurred CNN to call him, “One of the brightest stars in the publishing industry.”

Alan's debut novel

Setting: Sacramento, California

Main characters: Dr. Phillip Madison, Criminalist Ryan Chandler, Attorney Jeffrey Hellman, Brittany Harding.

Published in multiple foreign countries

Audio version. New, unabridged version from Brilliance Audio will be available by June 2012

eBook: Available on all e-platforms including Kindle, Nook, Sony, Apple, Google, Kobo

Bound book: A trade paperback of the freshly edited edition is now available.


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