Complex sentence: One writer proposed that she committed the murders while in a fugue state, while mystery author Ed McBain, in his 1984 novel "Lizzie", had Lizzie committing the murders after being caught in a lesbian tryst with the maid.
Split into simpler sentences: One writer proposed that she committed the murders while in a fugue state. Mystery author Ed McBain, in his 1984 novel "Lizzie", suggested that Lizzie committing the murders after being caught in a lesbian tryst with the maid.