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.
Autorentext
Edna Buchanan
Inhalt
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 Rowf
PART III
Twelve Miami Then and Now
Thirteen Getting the Story
Fourteen Home at Last