Blood in the Snow, Tom Henderson
Blood in the Snow, Tom Henderson
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Blood in the Snow
The True Story of a Stay-at-Home Dad, His High-Powered Wife, and the Jealousy That Drove Him to Murder

Author: Tom Henderson

Narrator: Richard Powers

Unabridged: 11 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/09/2018


Synopsis

In Washington Township, Michigan, on Valentine’s Day, 2007, Stephen Grant filed a missing persons report on his beloved wife, Tara. The stay-at-home father of two was beside himself with despair. Why would Tara abandon him and their family? Was she involved with another man?Stephen’s frantic, emotional search for Tara made national headlines, and the case was featured on Dateline among other television shows and news outlets. But key elements in Stephen’s story still weren’t adding up: Why did he wait five days to go to police? What was the nature of his relationship with his children’s beautiful, nineteen-year-old babysitter? Why did Stephen have cuts on his hands, and random bruises? Then, the police made a gruesome discovery.Parts of Tara Grant’s body started turning up around the woods near their home. The truth was finally coming to light … and, after a two-day manhunt, Stephen admitted to having killed Tara―first strangling her, then cutting her body into fourteen pieces before burying them. This is the shocking true story about a bitter, cheating husband whose crimes were revealed by the Blood in the Snow.

About Tom Henderson

Tom Henderson, a native of Michigan, has worked as a news reporter for many years. He has been a columnist for Detroit Free Press and a freelance writer for Detroit News, as well as a senior editor for Corporate Detroit, a monthly business publication. Tom is the author of A Deadly Affair and Blood Justice.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dani

I’m honestly not sure how one can make such a horrific crime boring but that’s what happened here. This should’ve been a way shorter book. It trailed off into the life stories of several cops/detectives working the case, and I’m sorry but we don’t care. It would even veer into other crimes they’ve s......more

A tale of murder and the pursuit of justice, which true crime fans will enjoy.......more

Goodreads review by Sara

The story was fine, but oh my God the editing of this book was terrible. I'm pretty laid back when it comes to judging true crime books; I don't expect them to be glorious works of fiction because I'm just here for the story. This was full of weird punctuation, spelling errors, and run-on sentences.......more

Goodreads review by Deb

I'd rate this true crime book a solid 3.5 stars; I liked it but I didn't REALLY like it a lot. Maybe I should blame my frame of mind; perhaps I just wasn't into a true crime novel. The writing is decent; the villain is despicable.......more


Quotes

“[Blood in the Snow is] the third book about the case but it’s also the only one that had police cooperation. And that makes all the difference…Henderson’s book offers behind-the-scenes insights. He crafts a story of the Grants’ marriage, their relations with family members and later, displays how those personalities manifested themselves during trial preparation. In all, it’s a wild ride of a read that’s still compelling.” Detroit Metro Times

“Vivid characters carry the action in latest book about grisly metro Detroit murder…A page turner.” Detroit News