Ed McBain, one of the pen names of Evan Hunter, is best known for the 87th Precinct novels, a long police-procedural series set in the fictional city of Isola. Cop Hater begins the sequence with detectives investigating the killings of police officers during a heatwave, while later books such as The Mugger, King's Ransom and Ice expand the precinct's recurring cast and cases. Rather than centring one invincible detective, the series follows a team, shifting attention among investigations, interviews, forensic work and private lives. McBain's prose is lean, dialogue-driven and built around procedural momentum, with urban routine as important as the crime puzzle. His bibliography sits most naturally across police procedurals, hard-boiled crime and long-running detective series. Cop Hater is the natural starting point for readers who want to see the ensemble and fictional city develop over time. Read more Less
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