Nancy Crampton-Brophy — author of an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” — was arrested and charged with murdering her husband of 27 years earlier this month.

Portland Police reported that Daniel Brophy, a 63-year-old chef, was shot and killed at the Oregon Culinary Institute on June 2. On September 5, police arrested his 68-year-old wife Nancy on the charge of his murder.

Crampton-Brophy is the author of such romance mysteries as The Wrong Cop, The Wrong Brother, The Wrong Lover and Hell on the Heart, listed for sale on Amazon.

“Our family is just in shock,” Daniel Brophy’s mother, Karen Brophy, told ABC News. “We are just stunned.”

Crampton-Brophy’s sister, Holly Crampton, told ABC News: “None of us believe it.”

“It’s craziness and it’s just not true,” she said.

[image via Portland Police]

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