Publishing Deal - Luke Delaney

News of a publishing deal for a former Met police officer, in today's Bookseller:

HarperCollins has signed a three-book crime thriller series written by debut author and former Metropolitan police detective Luke Delaney.

HC will publish the first novel, Senseless, which features DI Sean Corrigan on the case of an unusually vicious murderer, in early 2013.

[HC] said: ..."Luke Delaney has not only written a fabulously gripping and accomplished crime debut, but he also brings a fascinating authenticity to the genre which gives him a genuinely stand-out position in the market."