Cop Hater Author:Ed McBain Shot in the Dark. Swift, silent, and deadly - knocking off the 87th Precinct's finest, one by one. The HOW of the killings was obvious - a .45 shot from the dark added up to one, two, three very dead detectives. — WHY? WHO? Detective Steve Carella was just as much hooked by these questions as anyone. And if he didn't take a shot in the dark about... more » who might be at the delivering end of those bullets, he could very well become detective number four on a cool trip to the morgue.« less