Brian Dunn accidentally shot his wife while he was cleaning his deer rifle.
A legal thriller with larger than life characters and a town too small for its secrets, The Crooked Angel is Anatomy of a Murder and The Thin Man rolled into one..
Just as he about to solve the murder, Burr\'s own life is in danger.
He discovers there are more secrets than Brian ever let on, and the case turns out to be more than a murder trial.
A man at loose ends, Burr prefers dogs, boats, wine and women over a courtroom, but he\'s a brilliant litigator.
Burr Lafayette, the deposed head of a major Detroit law firm is recruited by his lovely, ex-girlfriend to defend Brian.
Brian is charged with first degree murder.
The police burst into Brian\'s house while he\'s decorating the Christmas tree with his new wife and their five year old daughter.
Six years later, an ambitious prosecutor hunts him down.
He remarried, moved from Petoskey to Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and started a new family.
Brian Dunn accidentally shot his wife while he was cleaning his deer rifle
