Long before they became famous writers, Truman Capote In Cold Blood and Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird were childhood friends in Monroeville, Alabama. This fictionalized account of their time together opens at the beginning of the Great Depression, when theyre both still young. They love playing pirates, but they like playing Sherlock and Watsonstyle detectives even more. Its their pursuit of a case of drugstore theft that lands the daring duo in real trouble.