The Lost Codex (OPSIG Team Black #3)

The Lost Codex (OPSIG Team Black #3)

The Lost Codex (OPSIG Team Black #3) Norwood Press, 2015 (hardcover) Open Road (trade paperback) Open Road (eBook) “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,...
The Lost Codex excerpt (OPSIG Team Black #3)

The Lost Codex excerpt (OPSIG Team Black #3)

The Lost Codex An OPSIG Team Black novel (#3) Copyright (c) 2015 Alan Jacobson. All Rights Reserved.   PROLOGUE   Wadi Qumran One mile Northwest of the Dead Sea The West Bank, Jordan August 6, 1953   Eylad Uziel walked carefully over the rough terrain...
Drop that weapon! You’re on Candid Camera

Drop that weapon! You’re on Candid Camera

With the recent spate of clashes between law enforcement officers and citizens, many civil rights experts have stated that the outcome of the police investigation would’ve been different had the defendant possessed a video recording of the encounter. On the surface,...
Books du Jour PBS NYC interview

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—and his 9/11 dilemma. Watch Alan’s book trailers and other interviews, including four with FBI profiler Mark Safarik, by clicking...
FBI Profiler Mark Safarik & Author Alan Jacobson (Part 1)

FBI Profiler Mark Safarik & Author Alan Jacobson (Part 1)

FBI profiler Mark Safarik interviews Alan Jacobson about the Karen Vail novels, where the idea behind Vail came from, and more. Alan then turns the tables and interviews Mark on his career catching some of the deadliest killers—and why he feels it’s so important for...
Spectrum Reading Group Guide

Spectrum Reading Group Guide

Welcome to the Reading Group Guide for Spectrum. If you haven’t read the novel yet, save these questions until you have finished it because they contain spoilers.   Following are topics designed to provide a stimulating discussion. 1. The information...
Spectrum excerpt (Karen Vail #6)

Spectrum excerpt (Karen Vail #6)

Spectrum A Karen Vail Novel (#6) Copyright (c) 2014 Alan Jacobson. All Rights Reserved.   Chapter 1   KENNEDY AIRPORT AMERICAN FLIGHT 425 QUEENS, NEW YORK PRESENT DAY: JULY 17 Something was wrong. FBI profiler Karen Vail felt it more than she knew it, but...
Spectrum (Karen Vail #6)

Spectrum (Karen Vail #6)

Spectrum (Karen Vail #6) Norwood Press, 2014 (hardcover) Open Road (trade paperback) Open Road (eBook) “Authoritative, compelling and crisp, Spectrum moves with a velocity that seems to make the pages turn themselves. Alan Jacobson creates a textured narrative...
Spectrum (Karen Vail #6)

Spectrum (Karen Vail #6)

Norwood Press, 2014 (hardcover) Open Road (trade paperback) Open Road (eBook) It’s 1995, the NYPD has just graduated a promising new patrol officer named Karen Vail—and the rookie cop is immediately put to the test: A young woman has been murdered. There are no...
Book Case TV interview

Book Case TV interview

Alan talks with Book Case TV’s Frederic Colier about No Way Out…and how he found himself face to face with a real FBI profiler. (Note: Alan did not shave his beard and grow his hair long; the thumbnail below for the interview is determined by YouTube. But...