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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This "superbly written true-crime story" (The New York Times Book Review) masterfully brings together the tales of a serial killer in 1970s Alabama and of Harper Lee, the beloved author of To Kill a Mockingbird, who tried to write his story.
Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members, but with the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative assassinated him at the funeral of his last vict...
Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members, but with the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative assassinated him at the funeral of his last vict...
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When Harper Lee released To Kill a Mockingbird to critical acclaim in 1960, the young writer captivated readers everywhere with her accessible writing style and unique perspective based on her Southern upbringing. But it wasn’t until 2015 when she released her follow-up at 89 years old—the sequel Go Set a Watchman, that she had written […]
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