Buffalo Fiction
Buffalo Fiction: 150
years of novels and short stories
Website created and maintained by Cynthia Van Ness, MLS. Readers can continue their exploration of how other authors have fictionalized our city. The titles listed are set in Buffalo, have pivotal scenes in Buffalo, or feature Buffalonians as central characters. Website: http://www.buffaloresearch.com/fiction.html
Recent Crime
Fiction Series set in the Buffalo area
| Series: | Joe Kurtz series |
| Author: | Dan Simmons (born in Illinois; unsure of Buffalo connection) |
| Titles: | — Hardcase (2001) BECPL: 17 copies |
| — Hard Freeze (2002) BECPL: 23 copies | |
| — Hard As Nails (2003) BECPL: 23 copies | |
| Description: | Joe Kurtz is a former private detective who served an 11-year sentence in Attica for manslaughter. All 3 crime novels are set in Buffalo. |
| Series: | Earl Garnet series |
| Author: | Peter Clement (pseudonym; lives in Montreal) (per LC copyright records, real name is Peter Clement Duffy) |
| Titles: | — The Inquisitor (2004) BECPL: 62 copies |
| — Death Rounds (1999) BECPL: 0 copies | |
| — The Procedure (2001) BECPL: 0 copies | |
| — Mortal Remains (2003) BECPL: 26 copies | |
| — Lethal Practice (1998) BECPL: 0 copies | |
| Description: | Dr. Earl Garnet is an ER physician at Buffalo’s fictitious St. Paul's Hospital. The series is categorized in the “medical thriller” genre. The author, Peter Clement, is a physician who served as chief of Emergency in a major metropolitan teaching hospital, as well as the chief of Family Medicine, and has practiced as an M.D. for more than twenty-eight years. |
| Website: | http://www.peterclementbooks.com/ |
| Series: | Jane Whitefield series |
| Author: | Thomas Perry (born in Tonawanda, NY) |
| Titles: | — Vanishing Act (1995) BECPL: 9 copies |
| — Dance for the Dead (1996) BECPL: 17 copies | |
| — Blood Money (1997) BECPL: 24 copies | |
| — Shadow Woman (1997) BECPL: 16 copies | |
| — Face Changer (1998) BECPL: 19 copies | |
| Description: | Jane Whitefield has really found a unique business-service niche. A proud member of the Iroquois Nation, she uses all her cunning and intelligence to help people disappear into new identities. |
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