Cruel Season for Dying, A

* Originally detective series captivate crime readers everywhere: Michael Connelly's City of Bones (Little, Brown and Company, 4/02) and A Darkness More Than Night (Little, Brown and Company, 2001), featuring Detective Harry Bosch, have sold over 721,400 hardcover copies; and Archer Mayor's Vermont series, featuring Detective Joe Gunther, has sold over 380,000 hardcover and paperback copies combined.
* As evidenced by the popularity of Law and Order, NYPD Blue, and Third Watch, the national market for NYPD crime drama is enormous.
* A CRUEL SEASON FOR DYING is the first of a two-book deal between Harker Moore and Mysterious Press.