Stranger than fiction: Casey Cep explores Harper Lee’s foray into true crime


After learning about Harper Lee’s unpublished true crime book, Casey Cep decided to write her own work of nonfiction. Cep will read from Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee at New Dominion Bookshop on May 31. Publicity image.

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