Karen Vail Series
Karen Vail is no ordinary FBI agent.
She’s a profiler, brought to life by Alan Jacobson’s seven years of unprecedented access to, and research with, the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. The Karen Vail series has been raved about by reviewers, readers, law enforcement officers of all stripes, real FBI profilers…and even one of the legendary founding fathers of the Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico.
OPSIG Team Black Series Novels
America’s safety is on the line!
Missions the United States government cannot sanction–or acknowledge–fall under the purview of OPSIG, the Operations Support Intelligence Group, run out of a secret office in the basement of the Pentagon.
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Alan Jacobson takes Jess O’Brien to the Moon
Host Jess O’Brien of Martini Productions interviews Alan Jacobson about his latest OPSIG Team Black novel DARK SIDE OF THE MOON—and the research he had to do with a whole new set of experts to keep it real.
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Authors Studio: Meet the Masters
International bestselling author Peter James sits down with Alan Jacobson to talk about Alan’s writing process, his advice for authors, where and how he writes, and more. Sit back and enjoy Peter James TV’s Authors Studio: Meet the Masters, featuring Alan Jacobson.
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Martini Productions Interview
Host Jessica Mazo of Martini Productions interviews Alan Jacobson at ThrillerFest about his two series, the OPSIG Team Black novels and the FBI profiler Karen Vail books—and the close quarters combat training he did in the Phoenix desert with Chris Kyle’s Craft International.
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Books du Jour PBS NYC interview
Alan sits down with PBS’ Books du Jour host Frederic Colier to discuss the sixth Karen Vail novel, Spectrum, why he chose to take us back in time to Vail’s first day on the job with the NYPD as a beat cop—and his 9/11 dilemma.
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FBI Profiler Mark Safarik & Author Alan Jacobson (Part 1)
FBI profiler Mark Safarik interviews Alan Jacobson about the Karen Vail novels and where the idea behind Vail came from. Alan then turns the tables and interviews Mark on his career catching some of the deadliest killers.
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Book Case TV interview
Alan talks with Book Case TV’s Frederic Colier about No Way Out, how he found himself face to face with a real FBI profiler more than two decades years ago, and how that profiler became instrumental in helping him shape all of the Vail novels.
read moreRecent Books by Alan Jacobson
The Darkness of Evil (Karen Vail #7)
The latest jaw-dropping thriller from USA Today bestselling author Alan Jacobson, featuring esteemed FBI profiler Karen Vail, on the hunt for an escaped serial killer …
Spectrum (Karen Vail #6)
Authoritative, compelling and crisp, Spectrum moves with a velocity that seems to make the pages turn themselves.
The Lost Codex (OPSIG Team Black #3)
From the first page, you know you’re in the hands of a storyteller at the top of his game: The Lost Codex has nonstop action, living-breathing characters, rich detail …”
No Way Out (Karen Vail #5)
“Jacobson mixes rocket-paced suspense with fascinating history in this thrill ride of a book.”
Hard Target (OPSIG Team Black #2)
An enigmatic covert operative. A skilled FBI agent with a dark past. And a terror plot unlike any in history.
Inmate 1577 (Karen Vail #4)
“Inmate 1577 is another rippin’ good ‘Alan Jacobson read’! Jacobson researches his books like a good newspaper reporter, and then pushes the envelope …”
Stand alone thrillers and short stories
False Accusations
“Alan Jacobson has crafted a riveting story with a truly frightening villainess. This is a terrific book!”
– John Saul, New York Times bestselling author
Double Take
“Alan Jacobson writes with a sure hand, a strong voice, and a fine eye for detail.”
– Ridley Pearson, New York Times bestselling author
Fatal Twist
“Karen Vail is a knockout, tough and brilliant.”
– Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author & creator of Rizzolli & Isles TV series