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Persistence pays for Cornwell

Persistence pays.  Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, was rejected by seven major publishign houses before it was published by Scribner in 1990.  It became the first novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix...

Patricia Cornwell – The Front

(Publisher’s Weekly, Aug. 25) “With a powerful stage presence and a voice that captivates for hours, Kate Reading delivers a home-run performance that captures the essence and authority of Cornwell’s prose.  Reading. . . leaps into character in this...