Cold Heart

On February 27, 1903, Buffalo residents awakened to the shocking headlines that Ed Burdick, the wealthy manufacturer, was found brutally murdered in the den of his home. The generous young father of three was at the center of a lurid scandal involving Buffalo's young elite and the police investigation revealed the no shortage of suspects. Ed Burdick's murder is the true story of the great unsolved mystery of turn-of-the-century Buffalo.

"Kimberly Tilley has outdone herself once more with top-notch narrative story-telling. This is a dark and compelling Victorian-era mystery filled with a bevy of entertaining suspects worthy of any Agatha Christie novel. Except, of course, it all really happened!"

Erik Rivenes, host of the Most Notorious historical true crime podcast

"Buffalonians are going to love digging into the Elmwood Village's first major scandal, a murder that attracted headlines around the world."

Cynthia Van Ness, Director of Library and Archives at the Buffalo History Museum