Betrayal in Blood, Michael Benson
Betrayal in Blood, Michael Benson
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Betrayal in Blood
The Murder of Tabatha Bryant

Author: Michael Benson

Narrator: Charles Constant

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/25/2019


Synopsis

"Mommy . . . won't be with us anymore."

That's what attorney Kevin C. Bryant, forty-five, told his two young sons in the spring of 2003. At the time, blond, pretty, twenty-six-year-old Tabatha Bryant was alive and well in an upscale suburb of Rochester, New York. But that was about to change—because Bryant knew his wife was cheating, and he intended to end the affair by ending her life. On June 14, 2003, he called 9-1-1 to report Tabatha slain by an unknown intruder who'd shot her in the eye with a .22 and repeatedly stabbed her in the neck and upper body. Soon, a drug bust led to Cassidy Green's confession that she'd driven the getaway car. She fingered boyfriend Cyril Winebrenner as the killer.

Winebrenner and Kevin Bryant were buddies who'd regularly gone on cocaine-fueled sex binges with hookers. Astoundingly, Winebrenner was also the victim's half-brother—but Bryant's offer of $5,000 had convinced him that money is thicker than blood.

In a trial that shook "Country Club Row," prosecutors would present evidence and testimonies that revealed even more sordid details, bringing the lawyer who tried to get away with murder to justice.

About Michael Benson

Michael Benson is the author of more than sixty books, including the nonfiction history and crime titles Gangsters vs Nazis, Betrayal in Blood, Killer Twins, Mommy Deadliest, Who's Who in the JFK Assassination, and The Devil at Genesee Junction. He is the coauthor, along with Frank Dimatteo, of the acclaimed American Mafia history books Carmine the Snake, Mafia Hit Man, and Lord High Executioner. He regularly appears on ID: Investigation Discovery channel and is the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award. Benson lives in New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lizzy on June 19, 2008

I like to consider myself a True Crime book buff, and as far as that genre goes...not a whole lot there. It kept me interested, but wasn't very good.......more

Goodreads review by Peg on May 13, 2018

Too Long The story of this murder was interesting but the book should have been about a third shorter. I almost put it down because it took so long to get into anything interesting and then the author said the same things over and over several different ways, sometimes just a few sentences apart. As......more

Goodreads review by Sherry Lynn Wood on January 28, 2019

Murder in the family So many opportunities for people to do the right thing and didn't. This was just tragic. I can't imagine what her boys deal with today as a result of being in the house on that evening. It's funny how Kevin judged Tabby on her lifestyle but thought nothing of his own immoral acti......more

Goodreads review by Teresa on June 20, 2019

Not a bad book but was twice as long as it should have been. I started skimming about 1/3 of the way through and read the rest of it that way.......more

Goodreads review by Jeanine on October 27, 2020

Boring, not particularly well written. Page after page of verbatim transcripts.......more