Pursuing my current mad project of investigating all my
personal 20th century crime writing gaps, I recently bought a
2nd hand paperback of an old 87th Precinct novel called -
wait a minute while I look in the waste paper basket - Cop
Hater (1956). A long time ago, admittedly. I believe that the
author went on to write a number of others, and that a lot of
people liked them??
Is or was Ed McBain a real person, or a syndicate? As the
series continued, did the books become more interesting/less
adolescent? Could some enthusiast here suggest a
probably-more-recent title which I could try without being
assured of groaning repeatedly and falling asleep in Chapter
6, right in the middle of the unconvincing sex scene?
Marianne
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