Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A PAGE-TURNER…
crisp…fast-paced…bizarre and bloody…a story well told…Her depiction of never-to-be-trusted editors and respected reporters is on the money, and her descriptions of cops, criminals, and crime scenes ring just as true.”
Cincinnati Post
“EDNA BUCHANAN COMES THROUGH AGAIN…
a spiffy suspense tale that has newspaper reporter Britt Montero itching for action.”
Houston Chronicle
“A SUPREMELY EXPERT YARNSPINNER.”
Los Angeles Times Book Review
“I NEVER MET AN EDNA BUCHANAN MURDER MYSTERY I DIDN’T LIKE.”
Austin American-Statesman
“A FIRST-RATE STORYTELLER.”
Michael Connelly, bestselling author of Angels Flight
“NO ONE KNOWS MIAMI’S VIOLENT UNDERBELLY BETTER…
Garden of Evil is a fascinating journey with a female serial killer and the journalist struggling to understand her.”
Associated Press Newswires
“SHE UNDERSTANDS THE POLITICS, HISTORY, AND DYNAMICS OF THIS COMPLEX CITY, AND WRITES A BANG-UP STORY TO SHOW THEM OFF.
Her Detective, Britt Montero, is intelligent, attractive, and resourceful, but she has a soft side that is appealing and memorable.”
Dallas Morning News
“THE QUEEN OF CRIME.”
Los Angeles Daily News
“GARDEN OF EVIL TAKES ‘UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL’ CRIME REPORTING TO A NEW AND NEARLY LETHAL LEVEL…
Edna Buchanan, a legendary crime reporter, always brings special insight to her fiction…The Miami scenes crackle with police and deadline action.”
USA Today
“AN IRREPRESSIBLY GOOD WRITER…
an author who has a unique place in an increasingly crowded genre.”
Portland Oregonian
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CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE
MIAMI, IT’S MURDER
SUITABLE FOR FRAMING
ACT OF BETRAYAL
MARGIN OF ERROR
PULSE
Coming Soon in Hardcover
YOU ONLY DIE TWICE
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
GARDEN OF EVIL. Copyright © 1999 by Edna Buchanan. Excerpt from You Only Die Twice copyright © 2001 by Edna Buchanan. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © September 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-195760-4
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