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Craig Burch
The Craig Burch series by Edna Buchanan has 2 known books (2 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Cold Case Squad (2004).
- Books
- 2 known books (2 novels)
- Published
- 2
- First published
- 2004
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Mystery & Crime
Start here: Cold Case Squad (2004)
— then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Cold Case Squad
Cold Case Squad, published in 2004, opens Edna Buchanan's second Miami series at 432 pages, trading her longtime reporter protagonist Britt Montero for Craig Burch of the Miami PD's cold case squad, reopening unsolved homicides the department's daily grind never let anyone finish. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Cold Case Squad - Book 2:
Shadows
Shadows closed out the two-book series in 2005 at a much shorter 259 pages, continuing Edna Buchanan's police-procedural approach to Miami's cold cases through Craig Burch's squad, the same street-level authenticity she brought to Britt Montero turned toward a detective's-eye view. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Shadows
Key facts about the Craig Burch series
The Craig Burch series has 2 books on our list. Since all 2 are out now, you can read the whole list today.
Start with Cold Case Squad, since it opens the publication order in 2004. Shadows is book 2, from 2005.
Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.
The books came out between 2004 and 2005, while their length runs from 259 to 432 pages. That is a run of 1 year.
Edna Buchanan has 17 books on our list. Additionally, they write Britt Montero. We shelve the books under mystery.
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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