There is life after death.
One shot on a cold winter's night was all it took. Now, the hotdishes crowding Kate Oftedahl's kitchen counter tell her one hard, incontrovertible truth: her husband is dead. Kate's ready to hunker down and let the world shatter. Then she meets the Wednesday Widows' Writing Club. These geriatric delinquents like their coffee strong, their slot machines loose, and they don't take no for an answer. Now, in their tiny town of Gjedahl, Minnesota, where nothing ever happens, there's no catch up, only keep up for Kate as she and the ladies race against time, nature, and the bad guys to solve the big question: Who really killed Ted Oftedahl? Every new face is a new suspect, every discovery leads to another question. Who are these new people hanging around an abandoned camp in the woods? How did a handsome, washed-up New York art critic end up here, and what does he want with Kate? What does the strange boy she's taken in have to do with everything? Most of all, was Ted's death really just a tragic accident, and why would anyone want to cover up the truth? It's up to Kate and the Wednesday Widows' Writing Club to find out.