Go Set a Watchman will be released last year . It is a followup to the 1960 classic To Kill A Mockingbird . Harper Lee , 88 , had rejected releasing a second book for over 50 years . She suffered a stroke in 2007 , impairing her mental health and vision . Publisher HaperCollins announced the book in February , three months after the death of Lee 's sister , lawyer and gatekeeper , Alice Lee . Alabama Securities Commission launched a case into alleged elder abuse . Investigators say Lee answered their questions satisfactorily . Go Set A Watchman was written before Mockingbird in the 1950s . The manuscript was presumed lost but turned up July 14 .
Go Set a Watchman will be released July 14 . It is a followup to the 1960 classic To Kill A Mockingbird . Harper Lee , 88 , had rejected releasing a second book for over 50 years . She suffered a stroke in 2007 , impairing her mental health and vision . Publisher HaperCollins announced the book in February , three months after the death of Lee 's sister , lawyer and gatekeeper , Alice Lee . Alabama Securities Commission launched a case into alleged elder abuse . Investigators say Lee answered their questions satisfactorily . Go Set A Watchman was written before Mockingbird in the 1950s . The manuscript was presumed lost but turned up last year .