Top-selling novelist Patricia Cornwell has inked a deal with Lifetime to adapt two of her popular crime novels into made-for-TV movies. She has worked in TV before as writer/executive producer of
ABC's 1999 series "ATF." But Lifetime movies "At Risk" and sequel "The Front" marks the first time any of her books have been adapted for the either the big or small screen.
"At
Risk," which originally appeared as a serialization in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, was later released by in book form. "The Front" is for a May 20 book release. Lifetime has had some
success with book adaptations, recently making a deal to adapt another quartet of Nora Roberts novels.
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