This is EVAN HUNTER whose powerful and controversial first novel, THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE, was a book, magazine and motion-picture sensation last year. Despite his youth (29), he has sold many short stories, a play, seven mysteries and several novels.

Here are a group of his short stories concerning youngsters and crime. Stories of teen-age gangs, of girls in trouble, of Russian Roulette. The ordeal of a dope addict, the sex murder of a baby sitter, the menace of a mugger. Here are the stories behind the headlines — tragic, frightening, accurate episodes of life in the modern jungle, the streets and cellars, the hallways and roof tops, the parks and slums of a big city.

Transgressions is an amazing collection of original crime novellas, compiled by Ed McBain, one of the most illustrious names in crime fiction.

This collection includes original stories from Jeffery Deaver, Joyce Carol Oates and Ed McBain himself, all award-winning authors who have been regular New York Times bestsellers for many years.

From a suburban shooting in Jeffery Deaver’s powerfully compelling Forever to Joyce Carol Oates’ darkly disturbing The Corn Maiden and Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct story Merely Hate, this collection showcases some of the best crime novelists in the business writing at the top of their form.