A Slaying in the Suburbs: The Tara Grant Murder

Surprisingly not what I expected

This book surprised me. I live in the Detroit area, so the Tara Grant murder was on every news broadcast and every instance of breaking news during the search for her body was about this case. Given that, I figured there would be little that I would "learn" from this book. I figured that it would end up being a re-hash of everything covered in the news. This book was so not a simple re-hash.

The book starts the night the cops searched the Grant home. The search that turned up the torso of Tara Grant, in the garage. After the discovery the story jumps into the past. These authors present Stephen and Tara's lives before they met. It sets up the kind of people they were and then talks about how they met, their dating and their lives as a married couple.

What I really liked about this book is that it didn't "take sides". Tara was not portrayed as a saint and Stephen was not portrayed as evil. It just told about their lives, and the problems they had. It gave facts, and the facts were that Stephen killed his wife, who at times seemed to be a bit of a domineering wife. After reading this my views on the case have not changed, if anything I'm more set in my belief that Stephen Grant killed his wife and was in a panic to try and cover it up.

While this isn't a who done it kind of book I would have to recommend it to anyone that likes murder mysteries. To have this much insight into the mind of a murderer is quite a shocking thing. And even if you think you know all about this murder, I would still say read it. There are things that this book uncovers that I don't remember the media even touching.

6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

This is a must read for crime buffs

First of all this is a true story about a murder in a suburb north of Detroit Mi. I personally took a big interest in this case because i was doin time in the Macomb Co jail that he ended up in after the police caught him.(I was being moved from the cell they put him in)and had the "pleasure" of not only walking by him but talking to him.I found this book really interesting because from talking with him for a short time while in the jail he seemed like a very quiet reserved person. Really blew my mind that someone like that could commit such a gastly crime.This book is really a must read for crime buffs and anyone who thinks that such a thing could never happen in there neiborhood.A real eye opener.Makes you really have a deep sadness for the children left behind to deal with this tragety for the rest of there lives.

4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Awesome read

I am from Harbor Springs, MI and remember the night Steven Grant entered our little town like it was yesterday. Our very dear friend is the sherrif of Emmett County and was at our house the night of the big search and then was called in when Steve was found. I had always been interested in the case and was able to read the interview taken place at Northern Michigan Hospital between steve and detective kowslozki. This book was excellent the author definitely did their research and I appreciate the truthfulness of it all.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

A Look Into A Family Tragedy

While much of the information possibly could be found in newspapers the book does offer a personal look into the Grant family.
The reader will wonder how the children were being taken care of during this time.
The book offers insight into both families and gives you a look into the family dynamics.

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

How can some people live with themselves?

This is non-fiction, first of all, and I really would suggest it to people who enjoy non-fiction about crime.
This is the story of the murder of Tara Grant by her husband, Steve. I don't remember hearing about this story (it happened in Michigan), but it begins going over both Steve and Tara's upbringings, and relationship histories, and then their relationship with each other.
I'll just say, it's one thing for someone to be murdered, but it's an entire other thing when the murderer doesn't just kill them, but then proceeds to chop up their body into several pieces and spread them around, then move the body from place to place to place, which is what happened here.
The real tragedy is that there are now two children who are growing up without a mom or a dad. It's really unfortunate that the first thought in their father's mind wasn't of them as he was killing their mother.
Read it. It's definitely interesting, and really isn't from that long ago. The murder happened only a couple of years ago.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

A Slaying

A good primer on domestic violence, and how things are not always as they appear.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Shari

Driveing along the road in her chalanger she notices a corvet and it looks like hannahs... as she speeds to a stop and jumps out of her car she screams for help as she relized what has happend... hannah spun out of control and is now unconchice... she pulls out her phone and calls 911 and reports it she stays put till help arrives... she notices hannah is loseing a lot of blood so she rips the sleave off her jacket and gently ties it around her wound... she prays that help will arrive soon.

Hannah

On the laat turn before her house her wet hands lose their grip of the wheel amd she spins out of control. She hit a bump and her corvet flipped several times landing upside down in a tattered mess on the road out side a trailer. The last thing she thought before hitting her head hard on the cement was that she was glad she wore her seatbelt. Hannah fell uncinsiouss and her heart beat at a dangerously slow rate, taking a breath every 60 seconds. Her body was tattered and blood poured from a wound on her head. - hannah

To rose

Sorry hannhs farm is there but you can be in the next result

NOOKVILLE RESCUE DEPT AND AMBULANS AND COPS

Get hannah out of the car and takes her to the hospital(just look around for a post that says nookville hospital)

Rose D. Hycancyth's trailer

A uhaul truck pulled up and opened. A ripped up looking dresser sat in front and everyone thought she was a poor person. The ripped up thing was a peice of paper. It dropped down to reveil a tan leather sofa wich was put next to a window. A silver flatscreen tv to go on the bookcase. A. Expensive polished oak bookcase to go across the room from the sofa. A queen sized bed and a twin sized bed to go in each of the bedrooms. Outside was a speaker rock with an XM hookup. There were bedtables lamps mirrors closets and dressers in each bedroom. When everything else was unloaded she took two cages. She then opened each and out of one a black and white tom with amber eyes walked out and out of the other a black female cat with green eyes walked out. Out of the second... an orange tom with green eyes padded out.

Annie

Town meeting. Meeting house. First results.

Friwd meeting area.

Brett

By cg 4-! Q Cg 4-15-2012

Good book for a rainey day

Batu

This is my house -,-

Aron

Chat room

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