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Don Mitchell
In fact, a mystery from my own life became the plot for not one, but two non-fiction books. In 1969, my friend Jane Britton was murdered in Cambridge, MA, and the killed wasn't solved until nearly 50 years later.
Becky Cooper wrote "We Keep the Dead Close" (reviewed here on Goodreads) about the case, and I wrote "Shibai: Remembering Jane Britton's Murder" (also reviewed here on Goodreads). Both were published in 2020.
Becky's book takes a wide and comprehensive view of the case, whereas mine is more about how the case affected my life. I like to think they pair quite nicely -- they take up some of the same events, as seen by two different writers. I appear in Becky's book, and she appears in mine. We describe some of the same events -- not surprisingly, in somewhat different ways.
Becky Cooper wrote "We Keep the Dead Close" (reviewed here on Goodreads) about the case, and I wrote "Shibai: Remembering Jane Britton's Murder" (also reviewed here on Goodreads). Both were published in 2020.
Becky's book takes a wide and comprehensive view of the case, whereas mine is more about how the case affected my life. I like to think they pair quite nicely -- they take up some of the same events, as seen by two different writers. I appear in Becky's book, and she appears in mine. We describe some of the same events -- not surprisingly, in somewhat different ways.
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