Ed McBain
Ed McBain was the pen name of Evan Hunter, creator of the 87th Precinct police procedural series, which pioneered the modern police procedural format. His ensemble cast of detectives in the fictional Isola (New York) was novel in its time and enormously influential. He wrote over 50 novels in the series across more than 50 years, essentially defining the police procedural as a genre.
Works
- Cop HaterDetective Steve Carella investigates a cop murder in New York's 87th Precinct
- The Mugger87th Precinct detectives hunt a mugging killer stalking the streets of New York
- The Pusher87th Precinct detectives track a drug pusher distributing lethal narcotics in the city
- Lady Killer87th Precinct detectives investigate the serial murder of women throughout New York City
- Killer's Wedge87th Precinct detectives unravel a twisted murder mystery from a dead cop's case files