Ed McBain/Evan Hunter

Erin E. MacDonald is a professor of English at Fanshawe College’s School of Language and Liberal Studies in London, Ontario. She published a literary companion book on Ed McBain and is writing one on Ian Rankin. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of American and Comparative Cultures and in Clues. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

Reviews of the Series: “The McFarland Companion series...has been consistently excellent, both in its choice of subjects and its quality of scholarship and writing”—Mystery Scene; “this is the book fans of Evan Hunter and Ed McBain have been waiting for. The first serious look at the master of police procedurals and one of the finest writers of our time.”—Ed Gorman, mystery writer.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      viiiPreface      Organization of the Companion      Hunter’s Works in Chronological Order      Hunter’s Works in Alphabetical Order      A Brief Biography      A Career Chronology      THE COMPANION      Appendix A: Map of the 87th Precinct      Appendix B: Map of the 87th PrecinctDetective Squad Room      Appendix C: References to His Own Works      Annotated Bibliography      Index