Deadly Deception: A True Story of Duplicity, Greed, Dangerous Passions and One Woman's Courage

An almost unbelievable saga of how Gunn, a medical examiner for insurance companies, was systematically and, at first, subtly terrorized by her husband until she shot him is told with the assistance of Richardson, a screenwriter. By Gunn's own account, she was a never-married 35-year-old plain Jane and incurable romantic when she fell in love with and quickly married Glen, an unemployed newcomer to Kansas City. Within a matter of weeks, Glen began having violent outbursts and mood swings. Gunn also learned that he had spent 12 years in prison for passing bad checks. After Glen convinced her to take out a huge life insurance policy (to protect their future family), a series of accidents occurred. First, a fire engulfed her house while she was alone and asleep. Shortly thereafter, a car forced her car off the road. On another evening, after Glen prepared a special dinner for her, Gunn suffered a severe case of food poisoning. An avid animal lover, she found that several of the injured pets she had taken in had been killed. Gunn, na ve and blindly in love, did not suspect her husband at first. However, when she overheardDand tapedDa telephone conversation between Glen and her best friend, Jane, discussing how they would kill her for the insurance money, Gunn obtained an order of protection and purchased a gun. When Glen broke into her home, she shot and killed him. If only half of these events occurred, it's a horrific story, but this poorly written episodic memoir is strictly for the tabloid crowdDit comes across like a bad TV movie, failing to do justice to what it describes. 20-city radio tour. (Dec.)