Velocity

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From a USA Todaybestselling author: FBI profiler Karen Vails hunt for a serial killer leads her into a dangerous criminal webrelentless as a bullet (Michael Connelly).

After a colleague connects Vail with covert Department of Defense operative Hector DeSantos, who has a knack for uncovering difficult-to-locate information, the pair pries loose long-buried secrets and deceptions that reveal a much-larger criminal enterprise at work. As Vail squares off against foes more dangerous than any she has yet encountered, shocking personal and professional truths emergetruths that may be more than she can handle.

In keeping with Alan Jacobsons page-turning style, Velocity is a high-octane thriller, a memorable work rich in believable characters and an intricately plotted story thats well-researched and ripped from todays headlines. Velocity was named one of the Strand Magazines top ten books for 2010, Suspense Magazines top five thrillers of 2010, Library Journals top five thrillers of the year, and the Los Angeles Times top picks of the year.

Velocity is the second installment of a two-part story that begins with Crush, book two of the Karen Vail Series.

Reviews

From the first page,Velocityis as relentless as a bullet. Karen Vail is my kind of hero and Alan Jacobson is my kind of writer! Michael Connelly, #1 New York Timesbestselling author

Jacobson captures the complexity of the mission faced by DEA, the threat posed to our country, and the constant danger our agents face battling members of international drug trafficking organizations. As someone who devoted his career to carrying out that mission, I can say first-hand thatVelocityhits the target. Jacobsons acquired a new fan. Supervisory Special Agent Michael Upchurch, Drug Enforcement Administration

Jacobson writes for suspense junkies and gets the monkey off their backs; hes that good. New York Journal of Books

Author Bio

Alan Jacobson is the national bestselling author of several critically acclaimed novels. In order to take readers behind the scenes to places they might never go, Jacobson has embedded himself in many federal agencies, including spending several years working with two senior profilers at the Federal Bureau of Investigations vaunted Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico. During that time, Jacobson edited four published FBI research papers on serial offenders, attended numerous FBI training courses, worked with the head firearms instructor at the academy, and received ongoing personalized instruction on serial killerswhich continues to this day. He has also worked with high-ranking members of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the US Marshals Service, the New York Police Department, SWAT teams, local bomb squads, branches of the US military, chief superintendents and detective sergeants at Scotland Yard, criminals, armorers, helicopter pilots, chief executive officers, historians, and Special Forces operators. These experiences have helped him to create gripping, realistic stories and characters. His series protagonist, FBI profiler Karen Vail, resonates with both female and male readers, and writers such as Nelson DeMille, James Patterson, and Michael Connelly have called Vail one of the most compelling heroes in suspense fiction.

Jacobsons books have been published internationally, and several have been optioned for film and television. A number have been named to Best of the Year lists.

Jacobson has been interviewed extensively on television and radio, including on CNN, NPR, and multiple ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox network affiliates.