The 7th Victim Karen Vail Novel Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Alan Jacobson Lila Wellesley Phoenix Books Books
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The Dead Eyes killer lurks in the backyard of the FBI's famed Behavioral Analysis Unit. His brutal murders, unlike any others previously encountered, confound the local task force, despite the gifted skills of Special Agent Karen Vail, the first female ever promoted to the profiling unit. But along with her keen insight, Vail brings considerable personal and professional baggage--both of which threaten to derail the investigation, destroy her storied career and get her killed.
Drawing from his meticulous research during seven years of study with the FBI's legendary profiling unit, Alan Jacobson brings dramatic realism and unprecedented accuracy to his pages as he takes readers behind the scenes of the FBI Academy. The 7th Victim is a terrifying and memorable work of psychological suspense, with rich, believable characters and a chilling intricate plot that will keep you guessing until the end.
The 7th Victim Karen Vail Novel Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Alan Jacobson Lila Wellesley Phoenix Books Books
OMG. This book starts out at a 100 mph and then goes fast. I was totally swept up in the story, started it yesterday, finished today. It is that good. I give a lot of 4 and 5 stars because I won't read a book that bores me or is totally uninteresting.Alan Jacobson is now on my "go to list." He is that good. And Karen Vail is a great character. There is so much going on in this book, the plot being about the search for a serial killer, and Vail is a profiler. The character is totally believable, though some things happen to her, that she should have had a handle on before they happened. For a strong person she was totally blindsided by her soon to be ex-husband and she shouldn't have been.
This plot is going to go where you have not a clue as to where it might be headed. It is very well written, the characters [except for the bad guys] are all people you would like to know better.
You are going to discover a lot about the people who are working on the case of the "dead eyes" killer.
And Jacobson writes so well that he is now a "anything he writes I will read" writer.
I have all the Karen Vail novels, now and I am reading them in order.
Do NOT read these books out of order, start with the 7th Victim and proceed down a very dark and bloody, yet exhilarating trip into action and adventure.
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The 7th Victim Karen Vail Novel Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) Alan Jacobson Lila Wellesley Phoenix Books Books Reviews
Jacobson is the one of the worst writers of the sad lot of bestselling mystery writers; he might pass a 7th grade writing exam. I generally avoid bestsellers, but the reviews on this one were mostly positive. Not only are there grammatical errors (the noun/subject "one," for instance, twice took a plural form of the verb/predicate) but Vail, the FBI profiler and protagonist says things such as "I procured champagne." Huh?
She is so self-absorbed that for a third of the novel Vail never mentions her adolescent son who lies in a coma; she does not visit him, claiming that there is nothing she can do anyway! She also takes on a younger lover while her son is in that state and she is the profiler on a task force formed to catch a serial murderer. The plot holes are endless. After her ex-husband attacks her, he drops out of the book. When a note is received from the psychopath, the lab says that unless they have another writing sample, they cannot determine if it is the killer's writing. He writes three words on the wall of every murder scene! The plot gets downright silly near the end when SPOILER ALERT we find out that Vail, the not-so-brilliant, not-very-confident special agent--yes, can you believe it?--is related to the killer.
Total waste of time. Wish I had listened to the poor reviews here before purchasing.
Way too many "coincidences" in one book to be believable.
Spoiler alert
An FBI agent who learns her mother is really her aunt, tracking a serial killer who turns out to be her evil twin from a father she didn't know existed and her real mother just happens to be the Senator for whom her nemesis now works . . .REALLY? Also in the meantime her son is abused and put into a coma by her abusive ex, who also just happens to get murdered by the evil unknown twin sister. The son is in a coma in the hospital, and she "visits"? Then she suddenly discovers on a "get away" visit that her mom has alzheimers and gets with her aunt to move her into a home. Then when she discovers that her mom is not her biological mom but the Senator is here mom, she doesn't even discuss that with the aunt who is actually I guess also the Senator's sister?
I'm disappointed because based on some of the reviews (who ARE these people?) I thought perhaps I had found a new author to follow. I wanted to put the book down almost immediately and now wish I had, but I was determined to see if it got better. I will not purchase any other works by this author.
I am not a fan of serial killer novels. Why? Because they are all alike except for the killer’s ‘signature’ and the amount of gore the author splatters over the pages. The killers and motivation for the killings tend to be the same (or only a slight variation). The killer commits perfect murder after perfect murder while the investigators stumble around blindly for 90% of the book until they figuratively trip over the one clue that breaks the case wide open. All that ‘sameness’ gets boring after a few books.
But I didn’t hate this book. Like so many others I’ve read, it didn’t do anything for me. So 1½ stars would be a more accurate rating.
I spotted two errors in Chapter 11 that made me question the author’s expertise (or how much time he actually spent in the field working cases). First, he has his characters creeping through a house in the dark. Any smart LEO is going to turn on the lights so he or she can see. Second, he has an officer chamber a round in his weapon as he walks into a potentially dangerous situation. No LEO wanting to go home at the end of tour would carry a weapon without a round ready to fire. The second or two it takes to chamber that round could be the difference between life and death.
There is a subplot about the main character learning some startling truths about her life. So far, so good. Until Jacobsen twisted the plotline into unbelievable territory. Sorry, Mr. Jacobsen, that was just too far out there for me to buy into. Plus I saw the twist coming a mile away.
That alone was enough to put me off further books in this series or by this author. Plus synopses of the next few books show more serial killer plotlines.
OMG. This book starts out at a 100 mph and then goes fast. I was totally swept up in the story, started it yesterday, finished today. It is that good. I give a lot of 4 and 5 stars because I won't read a book that bores me or is totally uninteresting.
Alan Jacobson is now on my "go to list." He is that good. And Karen Vail is a great character. There is so much going on in this book, the plot being about the search for a serial killer, and Vail is a profiler. The character is totally believable, though some things happen to her, that she should have had a handle on before they happened. For a strong person she was totally blindsided by her soon to be ex-husband and she shouldn't have been.
This plot is going to go where you have not a clue as to where it might be headed. It is very well written, the characters [except for the bad guys] are all people you would like to know better.
You are going to discover a lot about the people who are working on the case of the "dead eyes" killer.
And Jacobson writes so well that he is now a "anything he writes I will read" writer.
I have all the Karen Vail novels, now and I am reading them in order.
Do NOT read these books out of order, start with the 7th Victim and proceed down a very dark and bloody, yet exhilarating trip into action and adventure.
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