Cop Hater

By Ed McBain

Format: Hardback

Published by: T V Boardman (1958)

Condition: Very good. First. Rare..

1st in Ed McBain’s?87th Precinct?police procedural crime novels series based in a fictionalised New York. It introduces one of?87th Precinct?stories main characters, Steve Carella who is portrayed as smart without being a genius and a reputation for honesty and hard work.?Cop Hater?was made into a film in 1958. In 1961, NBC produced a TV series based on the?87th Precinct?stories. For this series McBain is said to have been influenced by?Dragnet,?one of the most influential radio and TV shows with originated in the 1950s.?