Alan Jacobson Books in Order
Alan Jacobson has written 18 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is False Accusations (1999) and the newest is Only the Killer Knows (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1999–2026
- Pages on record
- 4,524 in 10 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 75–113 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,524 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Alan Jacobson is an American author of mystery, suspense and action thrillers. His 18 catalogued books run from False Accusations (1999) to Only the Killer Knows (2026), organised into three sequences: the Karen Vail novels, built on an FBI profiler, plus OPSIG Team Black and the Mickey Keller Thrillers. The 7th Victim (2008), Velocity (2010), Inmate 1577 (2011) and Hard Target (2012) sit in the middle of the run. Serial murderers, criminal profilers and women detectives recur as subjects. Jacobson also publishes short stories, film reviews, photographs and nonfiction articles in magazines and newspapers, and is still publishing.
How many Alan Jacobson books are there?
Alan Jacobson has 18 books, released between 1999 and 2026. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Alan Jacobson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Alan Jacobson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1False Accusations1999 · 450 pages · confirmed 2/419994502/4
- 220014992/4
- 32008–2/4
- 42009–2/4
- 52010–2/4
- 620114642/4
- 72011–2/4
- 8Double Take2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 920124322/4
- 1020135262/4
- 1120144342/4
- 1220154182/4
- 1320174892/4
- 1420184902/4
- 1520203222/4
- 162021–2/4
- 17Die Trying2025 · confirmed 2/42025–2/4
- 182026–2/4
Alan Jacobson books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Karen Vail in order
10 books- 1. The 7th Victim
- 1. Only the Killer Knows
- 2. Crush
- 3. Velocity
- 4. Inmate 1577
- 5. Fatal Twist
- 6. No Way Out
- 7. Spectrum
- 8. The Darkness of Evil
- 9. Red Death
OPSIG Team Black in order
4 booksMickey Keller Thriller in order
1 bookStandalone books
3 books3 Alan Jacobson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Alan Jacobson books in order?
You only need to read Alan Jacobson books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Alan Jacobson
Start with False Accusations (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Alan Jacobson book?
Only the Killer Knows (2026) is the newest Alan Jacobson book released so far.
Is there a new Alan Jacobson book coming?
No next Alan Jacobson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Alan Jacobson at a glance
- Still publishing
- Alan Jacobson published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Alan Jacobson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 4,524 pages across the 10 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 457 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Alan Jacobson books, 10 of 18, were published in the 2010s.
What the Alan Jacobson books are about
12 of the 18 Alan Jacobson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: thrillers is tagged on 6 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Thrillers 6 of 12 books
- United States 6 of 12 books
- Criminal profilers 5 of 12 books
- Serial murders 3 of 12 books
- Suspense 3 of 12 books
- Crime 2 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 12 books
- Officials and employees 2 of 12 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 12 books