I read most of Edna Buchanan’s Britt Montero series in “real paper” books back in the early 1990s. I really liked the ones I read, which I’d call sort of “journalist versions of police procedurals”, featuring Montero, a Cuban-American crime reporter in Miami, as the protagonist. Now, there’s an omnibus of the first five titles on sale for $3.99 in the US, and discountable at Kobo US. That’s a pretty good price even if you already have a few of them. It includes: Contents Under Pressure; Miami, It’s Murder; Suitable for Framing; Act of Betrayal; and Margin of Error. Per SYKM, the second title in the series was a finalist for an Edgar.
The individual books in this series also go on sale from time to time, and I’ll post here when I see them. But right now this is a great way to try half of the series for cheap!
Buy at Kindle US
I guess the Britt Montero books, by Edna Buchanan, are really not police procedurals, since the protagonist is a Florida crime reporter on the police beat, and not a cop. But they read kind of like police procedurals, which is one of my favorite sub-genres. Now here’s the second book in the series, Miami, It’s Murder, which was a finalist for the 1995 Edgar Award for Best Mystery, on sale for £1.59 in the UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NDR8JKV
And, apropos of being on sale more often in the US, when I took a look, several titles are $1.99 in the US right now:
Miami, It’s Murder, Britt Montero #2
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NDR8JKV
Kobo US (discountable): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/miami-it-s-murder-3
Margin of Error, Britt Montero #5
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NDS4JCV
The Ice Maiden, Britt Montero #8
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0029PBV7K
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-ice-maiden
Nobody Lives Forever, non-series, finalist 1991 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CRVDH8H
Also note that, per the OP, there is an omnibus of the first five books in the series that has been on sale from time to time, so check carefully before you buy…
Contents under Pressure is the first book in the Britt Montero series, and it’s $1.99 right now in the US. And it’s discountable at Kobo US, so you can use coupon code “Partners22” for 40% off – just remember that the code is only good on one book per cart, so if you want to use the coupon on more than one book, you’ll have to checkout multiple times…
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NDS6RPH
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/contents-under-pressure-9
Suitable for Framing (#3) and Act of Betrayal (#4) are on sale right now in the US for $1.99 each, and they are discountable at Kobo US, where coupon code “Partners22” is still good for 40% off – just remember that the code is only good on one book per cart, so if you want to use the coupon on more than one book, you’ll have to checkout multiple times…
Suitable for Framing
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NDS96G1
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/suitable-for-framing-4
Act of Betrayal
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NDQY555
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/act-of-betrayal-10
Act of Betrayal is the fourth in the series, and it’s £1.59 right now at Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NDQY555
The omnibus is on sale again at Kindle US, this time for a little less, for $3.99. The link in the OP is still good…