Fresh off the most challenging case of her career, The 7th
Victim heroine and renowned FBI profiler Karen Vail returns in
an explosive thriller set against the backdrop of California’s wine
country.
Hoping to find solace from the demons that haunt her, Vail
makes her first trip to the Napa Valley.But shortly after
arriving, a victim is found in the deepest reaches of the exclusive
wine cave, the work of an extraordinary unpredictable serial
killer.From the outset, Vail is frustrated by her inability
to profile the offender-until she realizes why:the Behavioral
Analysis Unit has not previously encounter a killer like him.
As Vail and the task force work around the clock to identify
and locate him, they’re caught in a web of knotted with secretive
organizations, a decades-longfeud between prominent wine
families, and widespread corruption that leads Vail to wonder whom,
if anyone, she can trust.Meanwhile, as the victim count
rises, Vail can’t shake the gnawing sense that something isn’t
right.
With the killer’s actions threatening the Napa Valley’s
multi-billion dollar industry, the stakes have never been greater,
and the race to find the killer never more urgent.And through
it all, a surprise lurks… one that Karen Vail never sees
coming.
Meticulously researched during years of work wit the FBI
profiling unit and extensive interviews with wine industry
professionals, bestselling author Alan Jacobson delivers a high
velocity thriller featuring the kind of edge-of-your-seat ending
that inspired Nelson DeMille to call him “a hell of a writer.”
關於作者:
Alan Jacobson received his Bachelor of Arts in English
writing from Queens College of the City of New York, and his
doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose,
California. He has extensive experience testifying as an expert
witness, which has exposed him to the many strengths and weaknesses
of the judicial system. His previous novels include Crush,
The 7th Victim, The Hunted, and False
Accusations. He lives in northern California.