Edna Buchanan Books in Order

Buchanan's first book is a true-crime study of serial killer Robert Frederick Carr III. Drawing on Carr's own account and the investigation around him, it follows years of rape, murder, and the grim work of uncovering his victims.

Buchanan's breakthrough memoir gathers true stories from her years on the Miami police beat. It shows the murders, chaos, and dark absurdity of the city, but also the ordinary people caught in every headline.

Buchanan's first novel drops into Miami's violent underside, where cops chasing a baffling murder case realize a serial killer may be closer than anyone thinks. The investigation is fast, jagged, and full of street-level menace.

Crime reporter Britt Montero digs into the death of a beloved former football star after a police chase. What looks like a routine story opens into a volatile mix of cover-up, corruption, and racial tension in Miami.

In this follow-up to her first memoir, Buchanan returns to the Miami police beat and the people caught in its wake. The book mixes brutal cases, weary cops, and flashes of compassion from a city always on edge.

This nonfiction collection follows the lurid, violent, and often bizarre cases Buchanan covered on Miami's streets. Murderers, runaways, firefighters, judges, and everyday victims all appear in stories that are grim, humane, and hard to forget.

Britt Montero chases a string of bizarre deaths, a cold sex murder, and a violent serial rapist stalking downtown women. Her search leads through Miami's crime lab, political power, and the shadowy pull of Santeria.

When a daylight hit-and-run kills a mother and child, Britt Montero goes after the violent youths behind it. A rival reporter, a vulnerable street kid, and a shocking murder soon leave Britt fighting to clear her own name.

After a fiery car bombing and a father's plea about a missing boy, Britt Montero uncovers a pattern of disappearances tied to Miami politics and old Cuban wounds. The story cuts closer to her own past than she expects.

A Hollywood action star shadows crime reporter Britt Montero to research a role, but the field trip turns dangerous fast. With movie chaos all around them, a stalker and a very real killer close in.

This comic serial novel, written by a team of Miami writers, follows an elderly environmentalist, her granddaughter, and a manatee named Booger after a mysterious package snags on the animal’s back, pulling them into a tangle of smugglers and political hucksters.

After a heart transplant saves his life, businessman Frank Douglas becomes obsessed with the man whose heart he received. His search, and his growing bond with the donor's widow, lead him toward corruption, secrets, and real danger.

A woman dubbed the Kiss Me Killer is luring men to their deaths across Florida, and Britt Montero is determined to get the story. Then the killer takes a frightening personal interest in Britt herself.

Twelve years after a strip club double murder and a deadly birthday-party explosion, a widow walks into Miami's Cold Case Squad convinced her dead husband is alive. Sergeant Craig Burch's team must dig through old lies to find the truth.

Britt Montero investigates the body of a beautiful woman found offshore, only to learn the victim was supposedly murdered ten years earlier. If Kaithlin Jordan is alive now, an innocent man may be headed for execution.

A bizarre electrocution leads Britt Montero and Sergeant Craig Burch to reopen the abduction of two teenagers from a Christmas Eve date. The lone survivor, now a wealthy sculptor known as the Ice Maiden, still refuses to talk.

A preservationist asks Miami's Cold Case Squad to save a crumbling waterfront estate and solve its owner's long-unsolved murder. Hidden tunnels, family secrets, and clashing memories turn an old case into a fresh threat.

When a bulldozer uncovers the bones of the Custody Crusader, the Cold Case Squad wants answers from Britt Montero, who has vanished after her lover's murder. A second case involving missing newlyweds soon collides with the old one.

Haunted by a disastrous Witness Protection case, former U.S. Marshal Michael Venturi starts helping innocent people fake their deaths and begin again. Then someone begins hunting his clients, and every fresh start turns dangerous.

A century after outlaw lovers John Ashley and Laura Upthegrove ran through old Florida, their story seems to echo in modern Miami. When homicide sergeant John Ashley is accused of murder, history starts repeating itself.

Years after a young family was slaughtered, the killer reaches out from death row to retired reporter Britt Montero. He claims he had a female partner, and Britt is pulled back into a case that may still be very much alive.