The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday

David Corbett's novel imagines the revelation of a trove of intimate love letters between Doc Holliday and his cousin Maddie as a MacGuffin that propels a multi-layered story combining legal drama, thriller, and love story elements.

Corbett uses the letters to explore Holliday's lesser-known romantic and philosophical side, while contemporary characters race to authenticate and control the letters' publication.

The novel interweaves historical research about Holliday with invented letters and modern-day consequences, raising questions about authenticity and how we interpret the past.

Through richly drawn, flawed characters—an arts lawyer, a forger-turned-authenticator, and others—Corbett examines wounds, moral failures, and the desire for redemption.

The book blends verisimilitude, research, and character-driven suspense to make readers question what is real and who gets to tell history's stories.