Poison Candy: the Murderous Madam; Inside Dalia Dippolito S Plot to Kill

Publisher Marketing: In August 2009, former madam Dalia Dippolito conspired with a hit man to arrange her ex-con husband s murder. Days later, it seemed as if all had gone according to plan. The beautiful young Dalia came home from her health club to an elaborate crime scene, complete with yellow tape outlining her townhome and police milling about. When Sgt. Frank Ranzie of the Boynton Beach, Florida, police informed her of her husband Michael s apparent murder, the newlywed Dippolito can be seen on surveillance video collapsing into the cop s arms, like any loving wife would do. The only thing missing from her performance were actual tears. And the only thing missing from the murder scene was an actual murder. Tipped off by one of Dalia s lovers, an undercover detective posing as a hit man met with Dalia to plot her husband s murder while his team planned, then staged, the murder scenario brazenly inviting the reality TV show "Cops" along for the ride. The "Cops" video went viral, sparking a media frenzy: twisted tales of illicit drugs, secret boyfriends, sex-for-hire, a cuckolded former con man, and the defense s ludicrous claim that the entire hit had been staged by the intended victim for reality TV fame. In "Poison Candy," case prosecutor Elizabeth Parker teams with bestselling crime writer Mark Ebner to take listeners behind and beyond the courtroom scenes with astonishing never-before-revealed facts, whipsaw plot twists, and exclusive details far too lurid for the trial that led to twenty years in state prison for Dalia Dippolito." Contributor Bio:  Parker, Elizabeth Elizabeth Parker is an Adjunct Associate Professor, and formerly Director of Academic Programs, in the School of Public Health at the Queensland University of Technology. She has teaching and research experience in public health and health promotion, and was a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee for the Health Promotion Journal of Australia. She worked as a senior manager in the Toronto Department of Public Health, and has acted as a consultant on projects for the Australian Government and Queensland Health. Contributor Bio:  Ebner, Mark Mark Ebner is a "New York Times" bestselling author and investigative journalist.