And by all accounts had lived a happy life, from childhood, through his own marriage—with a big ugly murder and suicide in there.
Does this mean there was another murder-suicide during Connor’s life, too? The wording obfuscates whatever it’s intended to convey.
Now that I have read further, I see another bride has died, but it still doesn’t explain this thrown away mention of murder-suicide. I think the set up to anticipate another murder-suicide could have been handled better.
Instead of writing “with a big ugly murder and suicide in there,” something more along the lines of:
And by all accounts had lived a happy life, from childhood, through his own marriage. Yet once again, murder and suicide marred his otherwise long and happy life.
