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Patricia Cornwell on Her Dark Childhood and Best-Selling Novels

Podcast: The Book Review
Published: May 8, 2026
Duration seconds: 3570
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Summary

The crime novelist discusses her new memoir “True Crime.” Also, Daniel Kraus, winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for fiction, talks about his novel “Angel Down.”