Writer Evan Hunter, known to most fans as "Ed McBain," virtually created the police novel. He died in 2005. Learning to Kill is a new collection of McBain's early crime fiction.
On NPR's Fresh Air, McBain once explained his approach to his work:
McBain's writing popularized the kind of flawed-but-noble cop characters who are now a mainstay of crime novels and TV.
Veronique de Turenne is a writer living in Los Angeles.
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