Oline Cogdill
titleMovies based on novels often give the books an extra push, bringing in new readers and even making those familiar with an author want to revisit those novels.

Why else would publishers re-release a novel with a photograph from the movie?
It's called tie-in, folks.
I have been a part of discussions in which readers and authors are offended by the tie-in.
Frankly, I think that anything that sells books is a plus. If it takes putting a photograph of Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller on the re-release of The Lincoln Lawyer to bring in new readers -- how can that be bad?

The paperback edition of The Lincoln Lawyer is currently on the New York Times Best Sellers List for both trade paperback and mass market paperback.
Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone and Mystic River got the same movie bump when the films based on his novels came out.
By the way, The Lincoln Lawyer film is quite good. Don't believe me? Then see my review on the Mystery Scene blog.
Connelly’s next novel also is a Mickey Haller novel. The Fifth Witness hit the bookstores on April 5.
I dare you not to imagine McConaughey’s performance as you read The Fifth Witness -- or The Lincoln Lawyer.
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