Who cares that this anecdote is one long plug for a Post writer's book? If it's not a HarperCollins book, it almost counts as real reporting.

March 9, 2005 -- IT'S a rare crime book that gets reviewed by the killer who is its subject. But convicted murderer Danny Pelosi called his fiancee, Jennifer Zolnowski, from Suffolk County jail in Riverhead and dictated his critique of Almost Paradise: The East Hampton Murder of Ted Ammon by The Post's Kieran Crowley. The review, posted under her name on amazon.com yesterday, was only up for a couple of hours before the site yanked it. Luckily, PAGE SIX kept a copy of the three-star review, titled "Believe half of what you read." "I have been following this case and have personal interest in it," the reviewer writes. He charges that there are errors in the book and elaborates by telling his own version of a tangential story Crowley relates about a stolen engine for a go-cart. "Danny maintains his innocence and vows to get the truth heard . . . He has been waiting to tell the truth for 3 years now. I know this because I am Danny Pelosi!!" Zolnowski, reached at home, confirmed that Pelosi dictated the review to her: "I just typed it." Amazon flack Patty Smith said the critique was removed because it wasn't a review but a rant. "It's not a soap box -- we ask reviewers to talk about the book."