Furious hours : murder, fraud and the last trial of Harper Lee
Cep, Casey2019
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Click and Collect for Furious hours : murder, fraud and the last trial of Harper LeeThe stunning true story of an Alabama serial killer, and the trial that obsessed the author of To Kill a Mockingbird in the years after the publication of her classic novel - a complicated and difficult time in her life that, until now, has been very little examined. Willie Maxwell was a Baptist reverend in Alabama; he also happened to be a serial killer. Between 1970 and 1977, his two wives and brother all died under suspicious circumstances - each with hefty life insurance policies taken out by none other than the Reverend himself. With the help of a savvy lawyer, Maxwell escaped justice for years. Then, the teenage daughter of his third wife perished. At the funeral, the victim's uncle shot the Reverend dead in a church full of witnesses - and was subsequently acquitted of the murder, thanks to the same savvy lawyer who had represented the Reverend for all those years. Sitting in the audience during the trial was Harper Lee, who had travelled from New York to her native Alabama with an idea of writing a book about the case.
London : William Heinemann, 2019.
xii, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Winner of the 2020 Gold Dagger for Crime Non-Fiction
97817851507469781785150739
364.15232092364.15232
English
353818
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Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - True Crime | 364.15232 CEP | Available |
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