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- The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s.
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May 6, 2019 · Until now. “Furious Hours” is that book, with a twist. Casey Cep has picked up where Lee left off: She’s written the true-crime story that Harper Lee never figured out how to write.
May 8, 2019 · Briefly, the story is this: Maxwell, an African-American man living in Alabama, was accused of killing his first wife, Mary Lou, but was exonerated.
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Jun 25, 2020 · In three parts and 23 digestible chapters, Cep brings to life the story of three main people: the Reverend Willie Maxwell, his attorney Tom Radney, and Harper Lee, the famous author who attempted to write a true crime story about the Maxwell case.
May 7, 2019 · Casey Cep. 3.77. 24,286 ratings3,550 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Nonfiction (2019) The stunning story of an Alabama serial killer and the true-crime book that Harper Lee worked on obsessively in the years after To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Mar 17, 2015 · Harper Lee’s Abandoned True-Crime Novel. By Casey Cep. March 17, 2015. In 1978, Lee travelled to Alexander City, Alabama, to research a murder trial that she planned to turn into a book....
Apr 25, 2024 · Harper Lee, American writer nationally acclaimed for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). She also wrote Go Set a Watchman (2015), which was essentially a sequel To Kill a Mockingbird, though it was written before that book. Learn more about Lee’s life and books.
