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FOR USE WITH FEATURE PACKAGE FOR MONDAY NOV. 10--Marina Alexeyeva, who writes detective novels under the pen name, Alexandra Marinina, poses with some of her works in her Moscow apartment, Oct. 24, 1997. Lt. Col. Alexeyeva, a full-time law enforcement official in the Interior Ministry, has five of her books among the 10 best-selling paperbacks in a recent list compiled by the weekly newspaper Book Review. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)