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Craig Burch
The Craig Burch series by Edna Buchanan has 2 known books (2 published) and 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
- Last checked
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
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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