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Edna Buchanan

Born

in The United States

January 01, 1939

Website

http://www.ednabuchanan.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Edna Buchanan knew she wanted to be a writer since she was 4 years old. She moved to Florida where she got a job at a small newspaper. Ms. Buchanan became a reporter for the Miami Beach Daily Sun in the late 1960s.

In 1970, she was hired as a general assignment and police-beat reporter at the Miami Herald. In 1973, Ms. Buchanan became a police beat reporter, which coincided with the rise of Miami as a center of the international drug trade.

Winning a Pulitzer Prize, Ms. Buchanan became one of the best-known crime reporters in the U.S. She discussed some of her assignments in the books, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1991) and Never Let Them See You Cry (1993). She has retired from journalism and writes mystery novels. The main character in ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 14,741 ratings · 1,364 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	Contents Under Pressure (Britt Montero, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 1,118 ratings — published 1992 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miami, It's Murder (Britt Montero, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 914 ratings — published 1994 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Only Die Twice 3.92 avg rating — 878 ratings — published 2001 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat 4.04 avg rating — 797 ratings — published 1987 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Case Squad (Craig Burch, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 796 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ice Maiden (Britt Montero, #8) 3.87 avg rating — 704 ratings — published 2002 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suitable for Framing (Britt Montero, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 1994 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Act of Betrayal (Britt Montero, #4) 3.84 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 1996 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legally Dead 3.78 avg rating — 571 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Kills (Craig Burch, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 546 ratings — published 2007 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Gary Robinson died hungry.

He wanted fried chicken, the three-piece box for $2.19. Drunk, loud, and obnoxious, he pushed ahead of seven customers on line at a fast-food chicken outlet. The counter girl told him that his behavior was impolite. She calmed him down with sweet talk, and he agreed to step to the end of the line. His turn came just before closing time, just after the fried chicken ran out.

He punched the counter girl so hard her ears rang, and a security guard shot him—three times.”
― Edna Buchanan, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat

tags: crime, miami, noir

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“I took the elevator to the newsroom, mind racing, wondering how to explain my six-hour lunch. I didn't need to. Nobody even missed me.”
― Edna Buchanan, Margin of Error

tags: fate, hate, humor, men, relationships, women

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“In the official police account, the plumber was shot and robbed on the street. Not true—guys stick together—the detective didn't want the victim's wife to know he was flagrante delicto with a prostitute when wounded. I didn't want her hurt or embarrassed either. She figured it out herself. I met her later, after their divorce, and she brought up the subject. The hospital returned her injured husband's garments. She was washing them when she realized that, although there were a number of bullet holes in his body, there were none in his clothes.”
― Edna Buchanan, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat

tags: miami, noir

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Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries by Julia Spencer-Fleming

6 votes, 26.1%

Wine Country by Ellen Crosby

4 votes, 17.4%

Tracers by Laura Griffin

2 votes, 8.7%

Evan Delaney by Meg Gardiner

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Carolyn Sullivan by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

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Smoky Barrett by Cody McFadyen

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Kate Burkholder by Linda Castillo

2 votes, 8.7%

Booktown Mystery by Lorna Barrett

1 vote, 4.3%

Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy

1 vote, 4.3%

Suspicion by Barbara Parker

1 vote, 4.3%

Nikki Heat by Richard Castle

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Britt Montero by Edna Buchanan

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Samantha Adams by Sarah Shankman

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Alison Reynolds by J.A. Jance

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Constable Molly Smith by Vicki Delany

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Ruth Galloway by Elly Griffiths

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