Description New York Times Best Seller "Compelling .
This is her first book..
Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The New Republic, among other publications.
Phil in theology at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
After graduating from Harvard with a degree in English, she earned an M.
About the Author CASEY CEP is a writer from the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country\'s most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity.
Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South.
Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more years working on her own version of the case.
Sitting in the audience during the vigilante\'s Trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research seventeen years earlier.
Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell\'s murderer was acquitted--thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend.
With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his Last victim.
If To Kill a Mockingbird was one of your favorite books growing up, you should add Furious Hours to your reading list today." --Southern Living Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. at once a true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee. . .
Description New York Times Best Seller "Compelling
