“I want to know what movie they saw before they got gunned down. What were they wearing? What did they have in their pockets? What was cooking on the stove? What song was playing on the jukebox?” I always ask what the dog’s name is, what the cat’s name is.” EDNA BUCHANANĪs a reporter she covered over 5,000 murders and violent crimes in her career so when she turned to novel writing, after a few well recieved true-crime books, she wasn’t exactly going to be writing romances. At the Herald the ‘Edna Lead’ became a legend – a story about a shoot-em-up at a fried chicken outlet began with the words “Gary Robinson died hungry.” By 1981, the high point of Dade murder, there were six hundred and twenty-one and Miami was officially the murder capital of America. It meant that a police reporter could arrive at work every day knowing that there would almost certainly be at least one murder to write about.Įda Buchanan took a Pulitzer prize and became one of the best-known crime reporters in America. In 1977, there were two hundred and eleven murders in Dade County. The crime in Miami took an astounding upturn. Then came the cocaine cowboys and the Marielitos dumped from Cuba’s prisons onto Miami’s shores in 1980. The rest were armed robberies on payday or the odd sex murder. When she started writing police beat columns for the Herald in ’73 domestic murders made up more than half of all homicides. You want good old fashioned police beat stuff? Only one writer to pick – Edna Buchanan.Įdna was a legend at the Miami Herald – Forbes Magazine said back in the day that all Miami was on a first-name basis with Buchanan. If you’re looking for snarky and funny, check Carl Hiassen. Some Miami Noir potboiler that talks about the old Scarface days, maybe?
You packed the sunscreen, swimwear, that outfit that you’d never wear at home (that Tommy Bahama Hawaiian shirt is a must). You’ve booked a week long vacation on Miami Beach. HEY, SNOW WHITE – HOLLY KATHRYN / FLICKR CREATIVE COMMONS
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