I believe some of this author's books are on Bookshare. I have also scanned some that I haven't submitted yet. Evan Hunter, the author who as Ed McBain virtually invented the American police procedural with his gritty 87th Precinct series featuring an entire detective squad as its hero, died Thursday at his home in Weston, Conn. He was 78. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 267.8.6 - Release Date: 6/28/2005