Learning to Kill: Stories Book

I thoroughly enjoyed reading these short stories. Ed McBain gives us a peek into his early years as a writer, & we learn about some of his aliases & why he first changed his name. Before each short story, he gives us a brief introduction, letting us know when they were published & where. All of these stories were published in the 1950s, so the stories are quite different from stories we might read now. There are no computers, and the police must rely on legwork. The stories seem simpler, &, as such, are very appealing. I like how he starts & ends the book: the first story is "First Offense," & the last story is "The Last Spin." I liked how the stories are grouped together by categories, which gives the reader some idea of the general theme. Some stories are better than others, of course, but, overall, the book is very good. I'd love to find more short stories by Ed McBain, Evan Hunter, and so on.