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      We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

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      A whisper network kept Jane's story alive: a rumour of an affair with a professor that ended in tragedy when Britton threatened to expose him. Forty years later, when curious undergrad Becky Cooper first heard the story, she felt compelled to find out more.

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      Product ID:9781786090553
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:We Keep the Dead Close
      Subtitle:A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
      Authors:Author: Becky Cooper
      Page Count:512
      Subjects:True crime, True crime, Massachusetts, c 1960 to c 1970
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      A whisper network kept Jane's story alive: a rumour of an affair with a professor that ended in tragedy when Britton threatened to expose him. Forty years later, when curious undergrad Becky Cooper first heard the story, she felt compelled to find out more.

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS'' ASSOCIATION ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION

      ''Brilliant and extraordinary'' Philippe Sands

      ''Astonishing ... Cooper is one hell of a detective'' Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of The Fact of a Body

      ''Seductive ... Haunting'' Ariel Levy, author of The Rules Do Not Apply

      In 1969, Jane Britton, an ambitious graduate student at Harvard, was found bludgeoned to death in her apartment. A whisper network kept Jane''s story alive: a rumour of an affair with a professor that ended in tragedy when Britton threatened to expose him.

      Forty years later, when curious undergrad Becky Cooper first heard the story, she felt compelled to find out more. We Keep the Dead Close is an account of her complex and fascinating investigation spanning a decade.


      Imprint Name:Windmill Books
      Publisher Name:Cornerstone
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2021-09-14

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      Weight404 g
      Dimensions129 × 197 × 36 mm