"My writer friend Abby . . . would later wonder why Murray and I had not simply settled for an affair of passion, asking herself what it was that drove us into what she called the 'traditional cage that would later run with blood'." —Anne Butler Anne Butler's frank autobiographical narrative of her husband's attempt to murder her after seven years of marriage examines the reasons why a former prison warden in his seventies would shoot his wife at point-blank range. The book is a compelling and surprisingly compassionate story of true love turned "true crime," as well as an inspiring tale of survival and spiritual redemption. Former court investigator Abigail Padgett, author of the critically acclaimed Bo Bradley mysteries, writes a foreword chronicling her own experiences at Butler Greenwood Plantation Bed and Breakfast, where she was a frequent personal guest of the main characters in this chilling story.