American writer Evan Hunter has written many books in a variety of genres. But the greatest success was won by a series of police novels released under the pseudonym Ed McBain. The officers of the 87th police station, located in an unnamed huge city, their friends, their mortal enemies appear as if alive on the pages of the novels.

Ed McBain is the sophistication of criminal intrigue, subtle psychologism, modern images, an atmosphere of danger, intricacies of love intrigue, the ability to capture the reader's attention from the first page.