Creepy Publicity Stunt of the Week

By EW Staff
Published on June 8, 2001 04:00AM EDT

Ballantine Books

The publisher sent over Tess Gerritsen’s new serial-killer thriller, ”The Surgeon,” in a mini-body bag. Can someone please follow that up with a barf bag?

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