James Neal Harvey spent fifteen years in the advertising business before selling his company and devoting himself to writing. He made his hardcover debut in 1990 withΒ By Reason of Insanity, which introduced NYPD detective Ben Tolliver.
Harvey followed Tolliver through four more novels, includingΒ Painted Ladies,Β Mental Case,Β and the concluding thriller,Β Dead Game. In 2011, Harvey published the nonfictionΒ Sharks of the Air, a detailed history of the development of the first jet fighter, and in 2014, he returned to thrillers withΒ The Big Hit, a mystery about an assassin.Β