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Novelist Patricia Cornwell, billed as America's No. 1 crime writer, is entangled in a real-life federal investigation into the expenditure of tens of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions to Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, court records show.

Novelist Patricia Cornwell, billed as America's No. 1 crime writer, is entangled in a real-life federal investigation into the expenditure of tens of thousand of dollars in illegal campaign contributions to then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, court records show.
The former business manager for best-selling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell pleaded guilty Monday to lying about the source of 21 contributions of $2,300 apiece to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

Flybots, neuroterrorists, synthetic biology, a packbot called MORT designed for body removal - sound familiar? Of course. It's Patricia Cornwell, back with her latest package of forensic horrors.