Prosecutor in Dalia Dippolito murder-for-hire case writes a book Posted: 7:12 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 By Daphne Duret - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer It seemed like a page from a novel when Boynton Beach police first revealed their discovery of a failed murder-for-hire plot hatched by a young woman who had it out for her husband. Now, the story really will be available on Amazon for $18.79. Out in hardback Feb. 4, 2014, but available for pre-order now: “Poison Candy: The Murderous Madam: Inside Dalia Dippolito’s Plot to Kill.” The book has been written by the lead prosecutor in the case, Elizabeth Parker, and Mark Ebner, an award-winning journalist and author whose last true crime novel was published in 2011, according to Amazon. An excerpt of the online synopsis: 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—or any wife who was pretending to be loving would. The only thing missing from her performance were actual tears. … And the only thing missing from the murder scene was an actual murder. Parker, who left the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office shortly after Dippolito’s 2011 trial, said Friday through her publicist Michael Wright that several publishers approached her with the idea of writing a book in the case. She said she accepted an offer because it would give her an opportunity to reveal some behind-the-scenes details about the case that jurors and the public didn’t get to hear. “There was just such an interesting cast of characters involved here,” Wright said. “Anyone who appreciates true crime novels will enjoy reading it.” Dippolito is currently on house arrest while she appeals her conviction and 20-year prison sentence. Guy Fronstin, the attorney who represented Michael Dippolito throughout his now-ex-wife’s trial, said Parker’s position as prosecutor in the case gave her the best vantage point of all to write the book. “No one knows the case better than Liz Parker,” he said.
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