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01/19/2009
Endorsement at a Crime Scene: A Book Plugged in "Scarpetta"
MOTOKO RICH - New York Times

For a first-time author, it’s the ultimate in product placement.  In Patricia Cornwell’s latest mystery, a police officer is reading “American Rust.” Patricia Cornwell, the best-selling crime fiction writer, uses her latest Kay Scarpetta novel to promote “American Rust,” a first novel by Philipp Meyer that will not even be published until next month. More