Author Casey Cep reveals discovery of ‘brimming’ cache of research by the novelist into Alabama preacher suspected of a string of murders
A long-rumoured briefcase containing research materials for the beginnings of a true crime book by Harper Lee has been found, confirming that the To Kill a Mockingbird author made a substantial start on a book that some believe exists somewhere in her estate.
Writing in the Guardian Review about her new book Furious Hours, which details her hunt for Lee’s manuscript, author and journalist Casey Cep reveals the breakthrough that occurred in 2017. Cep is one of just a few individuals who have read the only known chapter of Lee’s unpublished book, The Reverend, about the case of Reverend William Maxwell. A preacher in Alexander City, Alabama, Maxwell was suspected of murdering two of his wives, his brother, a nephew, a neighbour and one of his step-daughters, but was never found guilty.
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