Die Trying (OPSIG Team Black #5)

Die Trying (OPSIG Team Black #5)

Open Road (trade paperback)Open Road (eBook) A mission too dangerous to refuse, a threat too personal to ignore. When covert operative Aaron Uziel uncovers explosive intelligence that could ignite chaos in the Middle East, the CIA orders him to stand down. But with...
The Darkness of Evil (Karen Vail #7)

The Darkness of Evil (Karen Vail #7)

Norwood Press (hardcover)Open Road (trade paperback)Open Road (eBook) Jasmine Marcks thought her nightmare ended when her father—the ruthless killer of fourteen—was locked away. But terror has a way of returning. After she pens a gripping memoir about life as the...
The Lost Girl

The Lost Girl

Norwood Press (hardcover)Open Road (trade paperback)Open Road (eBook)Originally released by Suspense Publishing  Amy Robbins suffers a tragedy no one should ever endure: the loss of her young daughter and husband in a deadly accident. Mired in a depressive fog, her...
Win a free copy! And help choose the new cover

Win a free copy! And help choose the new cover

The time has finally come! No, not your vaccine appointment—the July 27 release of THE LOST GIRL, which introduces new characters to the Alan Jacobson canon, including Mickey Keller, a fixer with a complicated past. Keller finds himself conflicted regarding what his...
Is America systemically racist?

Is America systemically racist?

I have some experience with racism, including growing up in Queens, NY, during some racially volatile times. I experienced racism firsthand—and was at the short end of black hate against whites (see my bio for some background). I lived through “white flight” and...
Red Death Reading Group Guide

Red Death Reading Group Guide

Welcome to the Reading Group Guide for Red Death. If you haven’t read the novel yet, save these questions until you have finished it because there are spoilers below. Following are topics designed to provide a stimulating discussion. What did you enjoy most...
Red Death (Karen Vail #8)

Red Death (Karen Vail #8)

Norwood Press (hardcover)Open Road (trade paperback)Open Road (eBook) Serial killers aren’t born overnight. Their development is cultivated over many years, the murder of their first victim triggering a recurring cycle of death, depravity, and violence that continues...
9/11: When Cops Were Heroes

9/11: When Cops Were Heroes

Nineteen years ago today, my brother called me in the early morning hours on the west coast and told me to turn the on the TV. He said a plane had flown into one of the twin towers. Having grown up in the city, and worked from time to time in the towers with my...
A Legend Passes

A Legend Passes

I met Tom Seaver in 1969. I was just a kid in New York City and he was doing a promotional appearance at a furniture store in Manhattan. My dad had a business in the city and we had just come from a job, so we arrived late. Just about everyone had left except for Tom...
Black and white, black and blue

Black and white, black and blue

I have been digesting the events of the past week with a heavy heart, deep sadness, and tremendous disappointment. Heavy heart for the family of George Floyd. Deep sadness for our country—we are supposed to lead the world in civil rights, in the rule of law, in...