The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

by Buchanan, Edna

• ISBN13: 9780425129944
• ISBN10: 0425129942
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-11-01
• Publisher: Berkley Pub Group

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I

Miami, It's Murder

Paterson, New Jersey

Miami Dreams and Legends

Nobody Loves a Police Reporter Sidebar White Kittens Dancing

Part II

Cops

Crooks

Sex

Drugs

Missing

Justice

McDuffie Sidebar Rocky Rowf

Part III

Miami Then and Now

Getting the Story

Home at Last

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