Unable to solve her problems on her own, driven by unhappiness and her fading beauty, Merelda had to find someone to free her from her wretched marriage—someone just like Denny. The handsome, slow-witted son of a beleaguered widow, Denny had left the house for one of his jaunts about the town—only to find himself in the company of a beautiful woman who needed saving. While family and friends searched for Denny, Merelda's ingenious plot unfolded. She had brought a gun, Denny, and her husband into the same room. Now, with murder only a pull-of-the-trigger away, only a miracle—or his own death—could stop Denny from completing the last fatal act...