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Has all the trappings of a mystery novel, doesn't it?

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Patricia Cornwell
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: June 9
Art Collector
Crime Writer
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Miami
Florida
Patricia Carroll Daniels
Mystery
Novel
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Trappings

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