Velocity

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.