Edna Buchanan Books in Order

Edna Buchanan is a renowned crime journalist and bestselling author known for her gripping true crime stories and suspenseful mystery novels. Buchanan's career as a writer began at a young age, with a passion that was evident by the time she was four years old. She went on to become a reporter for the Miami Beach Daily Sun in the late 1960s before joining the Miami Herald in 1970. As a police beat reporter, Buchanan covered the rise of Miami as a hub of international crime, earning her a Pulitzer Prize for her exceptional work. She has since retired from journalism and now writes mystery novels, including the Britt Montero series. Buchanan's experiences as a crime reporter have been immortalized in her non-fiction books, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face and Never Let Them See You Cry.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Edna Buchanan

  • #1
    Contents Under Pressure(1992)
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  • #2
    Miami, It's Murder(1994)
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  • #3
    Suitable for Framing(1994)
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  • #4
    Act of Betrayal(1996)
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  • #5
    Margin of Error(1997)
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  • #6
    Garden of Evil(1999)
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  • #7
    You Only Die Twice(2001)
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  • #8
    The Ice Maiden(2002)
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  • #9
    Love Kills(2007)
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  • #10
    Dead Man's Daughter(2017)
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  • #1
    Carr: Five Years of Rape and Murder(1979)
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  • #2
    The Corpse Had a Familiar Face: Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat(1987)
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  • #3
    Never Let Them See You Cry: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat(1992)
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  • #4
    Vice: Life and Death on the Streets of Miami(1992)
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  • #5
    Naked Came the Manatee(1997)
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  • #6
    The Plot Thickens(1997)
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  • #7
    Mystery in the Sunshine State(1999)
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  • #8
    Irreconcilable Differences(1999)
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  • #9
    Life Stories(2000)
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  • #1
    Nobody Lives Forever(1990)
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  • #2
    Pulse(1998)
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  • #3
    A Dark and Lonely Place(2011)
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About Edna Buchanan

Edna Buchanan is a renowned crime journalist and bestselling author known for her gripping true crime stories and suspenseful mystery novels. Buchanan's career as a writer began at a young age, with a passion that was evident by the time she was four years old. She went on to become a reporter for the Miami Beach Daily Sun in the late 1960s before joining the Miami Herald in 1970. As a police beat reporter, Buchanan covered the rise of Miami as a hub of international crime, earning her a Pulitzer Prize for her exceptional work. She has since retired from journalism and now writes mystery novels, including the Britt Montero series. Buchanan's experiences as a crime reporter have been immortalized in her non-fiction books, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face and Never Let Them See You Cry.

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