Furious Hours
2019
This book examines a series of murders in 1970s Alabama and Harper Lee's attempt to write a nonfiction book about the case and subsequent trial. The narrative interweaves true crime reporting with a biographical exploration of Lee's later career and her struggle to follow up "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Serial murdersMurder, alabamaTrials (murder)Authors, biographyLee, harper, 1926-2016nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2019-05-26New York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewed