To Have and to Kill

Nurse Melanie McGuire, an Illicit Affair, and the Gruesome Murder of Her Husband

By: John Glatt

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

One by one, three waterlogged suitcases were pulled from the Chesapeake Bay. In each were body parts of a man. In a forensics room, the truth was discovered: William McGuire had been horribly murdered and dismembered.

William and his loving wife, a registered nurse named Melanie, had just closed on their New Jersey dream home. Little did William know about the nightmare that was in store . . . . For Melanie had been involved in a long-term affair with a married doctor at the fertility clinic where she worked - and she had plans for the future that didn't include William.

Investigators believe that on April 29, 2004, Melanie first drugged her husband, then murdered him in cold blood. Three years after America witnessed the details of the suitcase incident unfold - on 48 Hours, Dateline NBC, and ABC Primetime, and in People magazine, among other news outlets - Melanie was convicted of first-degree murder and desecrating human remains. To Have and to Kill is the true story of a marriage that turned deadly . . . .

©2008 John Glatt (P)2020 Tantor

Give it a few chapters

starts off with difficult to understand narration, and more than a few glitches in recording.....but once we got into the narrators rhythm, a tragic fascinating story overcomes the errors. melanie is a wicked narcissistic *itch, and I highly suspect her family helped her carry out this horrific crime.

Outstanding

The narrative is outstanding. I didn’t want it to end. He was precious, riveting and captivating. He draws you in for sure. I highly recommend.

Bad narrator

The narrator chopped up sentences, pausing for no reason at random. His voice was grating with no change in inflection. On the positive side he had a British accent. The story itself was fascinating and well written and I would have to recommend this audiobook. It could have been 5 stars plus if not for the narrator.

Terrible narration. Good story

If we're going to pay these prices for a service that prides itself in being the premier service in audible books, the narrators need to be properly vetted and auditioned. This guy was abysmal.

WHY!

The story line is interesting but the narrator destroyed my listening pleasure, awful!! It was hard to get through that I just had to stop. A narrator can make or break a story.

Excellent

The British narrator was wonderful to listen to. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire book.

Very slow

While this particular story is a very slow retelling of an extremely gruesome, horrific murder, it did hold my attention. There were words or parts that could have been left out and I don’t think the jest would have been lost. I will probably try to follow up with some documentaries.

Bad Performance

The performance is very hard to listen to. Very robotic, but the story is decent if you can stand listening to it.

Basic but thorough true crim

A lot of reviews had issue with the narrator but I didn’t mind him at all.

This is a basic and thorough investigation of a true crime. The writing isn’t exceptional but it’s good. I’d recommend it but not strongly.

Narrator was fine.

I don’t understand criticism of narrator. It is a fascinating complex story of s terrible crime well told.