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Craig Burch
The Craig Burch series by Edna Buchanan has 2 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Cold Case Squad (2004).
- Books
- 2 books
- First published
- 2004
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: Cold Case Squad (2004) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Cold Case Squad
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Cold Case Squad - Book 2:
Shadows
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Shadows
About the Craig Burch series
Edna Buchanan's second Miami series trades her longtime reporter protagonist for a detective: Craig Burch of the Miami PD's cold case squad, reopening unsolved homicides that the department's daily grind never let anyone finish. Across two books, Cold Case Squad (2004) and Shadows (2005), Buchanan applies the same Miami street-level authenticity that defined Britt Montero to a police-procedural cast working cases years or decades old.
It's a shorter series than Britt Montero, but it let Buchanan write from inside a police squad room rather than a newsroom -- a natural extension of the two decades she'd spent covering Miami PD as a reporter before turning novelist.
Frequently asked questions
How many Craig Burch books did Edna Buchanan write?
Two: Cold Case Squad (2004) and Shadows (2005).
Is Craig Burch connected to the Britt Montero series?
No, it's a separate series with its own protagonist, a Miami PD cold case detective rather than a newspaper reporter, though both are set in Buchanan's Miami.
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