While this is Conlon's first work of fiction, he is no neophyte writer. In 2004, his memoir "Blue Blood" became a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In it, he wrote of both his and his family's experiences of working on the force. But writing as a preferred career choice nestled in Conlon's mind much earlier, as he graduated from Harvard with a degree in English in 1987.
— Det. Edward Conlon
