Learning to Kill（ISBN=） 英文原版

　　Ed McBain made his debut in 1956. In 2004, more than a hundred
books later, he personally collected twenty-five of his stories
written before he was Ed McBain. All but five of them were first
published in the detective magazine Manhunt and none of them
appeared under the Ed McBain byline. They were written by Evan
Hunter (McBain’s legal name as of 1952), Richard Marsten (a
pseudonym derived from the names of his three sons), or Hunt
Collins (in honor of his alma mater, Hunter College). Here are kids
in trouble and women in jeopardy. Here are private eyes and gangs.
Here are loose cannons and innocent bystanders. Here, too, are cops
and robbers. These are the stories that prepared Evan Hunter to
become Ed McBain, and that prepared Ed McBain to write the beloved
87th Precinct novels. In individual introductions, McBain tells how
and why he wrote these stories that were the start of his legendary
career.

　　ED McBAIN (1926-2005) was the author of more than a hundred
books. He held the Mystery Writers of Americas prestigious Grand
Master Award and was the first American to receive the Diamond
Dagger, the British Crime Writers Associations highest award.

Introduction
KIDS
　First Offense
　Kid Kill
　See Him Die
Women in Jeopardy
　The Molested
　Carreras Woman
　Dummy
Private Eyes
　Good and Dead
　Death Flight
　Kiss Me, Dudley
Cops and Robbers
　Small Homicide
　Still Life
　Accident Report
　Chinese Puzzle
　The Big Day
Innocent Bystanders
　Runaway
　Downpour
　Eye Witness
　Every Morning
　The Innocent One
Loose Cannons
　Chalk
　Association Test
　Bedbug
　The Merry Merry Christmas
Gangs
　On the Sidewalk, Bleeding
　The Last Spin
Afterword
Bibliography