Accidental Deaths

Glen Cromwell is living the American Dream, with a career taking him from his home town in the forests of northern Minnesota through college and law school. His job changes take him from city to city, and state to state, each move enhancing his resume and his personal fortune.

Unfortunately, he is less lucky in love, with each of his marriages ending tragically, each for a different reason. He resigns himself to a solitary life until he meets Wendy Donnelly. Captivated by her beauty and charm, they form a tenuous relationship, lived out via tennis, golf, and dancing at the country club where they are both members. However, Wendy’s wealthy husband Barry has her locked into an ironclad prenup agreement and she cannot divorce him. Therefore, she and Glen can only completely fulfill their relationship by one means: Barry’s death.

Glen knows that to have this one true love to himself, and to have the life partner he has always longed for, he has to take action, the question is how and when to make Wendy a widow.

This is Paul Bruce’s third novel following Trapper Tom in 2004 and Desperate Men in 2025.