https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/dbrl/rss/search?query=furious%20hours&searchType=smart&view=groupedRSS for NodeWed, 07 Oct 2026 04:01:07 GMThttps://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C784564https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C784564Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/784564018BKMurder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Leeenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101947869/MC.GIF&client=573-443-3161&type=xw12&oclc=https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C789936https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C789936Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/789936018LPRINTMurder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Leeenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781984892232/MC.GIF&client=573-443-3161&type=xw12&oclc= 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 victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell’s murderer was acquitted—thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the reverend himself. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante’s trial was Harper Lee, who spent a year in town reporting on the Maxwell case and many more trying to finish the book she called The Reverend.
Cep brings this remarkable story to life, from the horrifying murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South, while offering a deeply moving portrait of one of our most revered writers.]]>https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C4387521https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C4387521Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4387521980EBOOKMurder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Leeenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101947876/MC.GIF&client=573-443-3161&type=xw12&oclc=https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C833564https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C833564Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/833564018BOOK_CDMurder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Leeenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735208469/MC.GIF&client=573-443-3161&type=xw12&oclc=ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY Time, LitHub, Vulture, Glamour, O Magazine, Town and Country, Suspense Magazine, Inside Hook
New York Times Best Seller
 
“Compelling . . . at once a true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee. 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. 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. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell’s murderer was acquitted—thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend.
 
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. Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more years working on her own version of the case.
Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. 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.]]>https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C4281329https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C4281329Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/4281329980EAUDIOBOOKMurder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Leeenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735208490/MC.GIF&client=573-443-3161&type=xw12&oclc=https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C836613https://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S18C836613Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://dbrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/836613018KITFurious Hoursenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101972052/MC.GIF&client=573-443-3161&type=xw12&oclc=