Adam Begley

Who killed Jane Britton in 1969?

The Harvard student’s baffling murder has long obsessed Becky Cooper, and her dogged enquiries are finally rewarded

Jane Britton while at Harvard, photographed by her friend Don Mitchell. Credit: © Don Mitchell 
issue 05 December 2020

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

    Becky Cooper

    Heinemann, pp. 512, £18

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