The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

For eighteen years, Pulitzer Prize-winner Edna Buchanan had one of the most exciting, frightening, and heartbreaking jobs a newspaperwoman could have -- working the police beat for the Miami Herald. Having covered more crimes than most cops, Buchanan garnered a reputation as a savvy, gritty writer with a unique point of view and inimitable style. Now, back in print after many years, The Corpse Had a Familiar Face is her classic collection of true stories, as witnessed and reported by Buchanan herself. From cold-blooded murder, to violence in the heat of passion, to the everyday insanity of the city streets, Edna Buchanan reveals it all in her own trademark blend of compassionate reporting, hard-nosed investigation, and wry humor that has made her a legend in the world of journalism.

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Edna Buchanan

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Introduction PART I*One Miami, It's Murder *Two Paterson, New Jersey Three Miami Dreams and Legends Four Nobody Loves a Police Reporter Sidebar White Kittens Dancing PART II*Five Cops *Six Crooks Seven Sex Eight Drugs Nine Missing Ten Justice Eleven McDuffie Sidebar Rocky RowfPART III*Twelve Miami Then and Now *Thirteen Getting the Story Fourteen Home at Last