On the first day of the author’s trial, it was decided the jury would ignore the essay she had written years prior, titled “How to Murder Your Husband”.
Nancy Brophy penned the piece in 2011. It ran as a guest post on a writers’ blog. “As a romantic suspense writer, I spend a lot of time thinking about murder and, consequently, about police procedure,” Brophy wrote. “After all, if the murder is supposed to set me free, I certainly don’t want to spend any time in jail. And let me say clearly for the record, I don’t like jumpsuits and orange isn’t my color.”
