The Prince of Paradise : The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder by John Glatt download book FB2, MOBI, EPUB
9780312549206 English 0312549202 A MILLIONAIRE PLAYBOY Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a hotel empire, Miami's lavish Fontainbleau. But his luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would ironically end in another hotel room--where the police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation--when his ex-stripper wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for 24 hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce. A FAMILY MURDER MYSTERY Prosecutors believed Narcy let the killers into the room and watched them brutalize Novack. They also suspected she was involved in the death of Novack's mother, who took a fatal fall months before. Strangely, it was Narcy's own daughter who implicated her to the police--in this twisted case of passion, perversion, and paradise lost... "John Glatt is one of the finest true crime craftsmen writing today." --Howard Goldberg,VH1.com, Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a hotel empire, Miami's lavish Fontainbleau. But his luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would ironically end in another hotel room - where the police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death.Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation - when his ex-stripper wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for 24 hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce., Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the world's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who performed regularly at the Fontainebleau's La Ronde Room. He sat by while his parents entertained presidents and movie stars, as they reigned over Miami Beach in the ,50's and ,60's, and when the family business went sour he became wealthy in his own right, founding a multi-million dollar business using connections he made at the Fontainebleau. But Ben, Jr.'s luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would end in another hotel room-a thousand miles away from the one where he grew up-when police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death. Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation-when his wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for twenty-four hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce. Now prosecutors claimed Narcy let the vicious killers into the room and watched as they beat her husband with dumbbells. They also suspected she was involved in the horrendous death of Novack's mother, just three months before. But it would be Narcy's own daughter who implicated her to the police-in this twisted case of passion, perversion, and paradise lost., New York Times bestseller John Glatt recounts the brutal murder of Ben Novack and his gilded childhood at the Fontainebleau Hotel.Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the world's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who performed regularly at the Fontainebleau's La Ronde Room. He sat by while his parents entertained presidents and movie stars, as they reigned over Miami Beach in the ,50's and ,60's, and when the familybusiness went sour he became wealthy in his own right, founding a multi-million dollar business using connections he made at the Fontainebleau.But Ben, Jr.'s luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would end in another hotel room-a thousand miles away from the one where he grew up-when police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death.Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation-when his wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for twenty-four hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce. Now prosecutors claimed Narcy let the vicious killers into the room and watched as they beat her husband with dumbbells. They also suspected she was involved in the horrendous death of Novack's mother, just three months before. But it would be Narcy's own daughter who implicated her to the police. John Glatt tells the whole story of this twisted case of passion, perversion, and paradise lost, in Prince of Paradise ., The New York Times bestselling author of Lost and Found recounts the brutal murder of Ben Novack, scion of Miami Beach royalty, and his gilded childhood at the legendary Fontainebleau HotelBen Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the world's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who performed regularly at the Fontainebleau's La Ronde Room. He sat by while his parents entertained presidents and movie stars, as they reigned over Miami Beach in the ,50's and ,60's, and when the familybusiness went sour he became wealthy in his own right, founding a multi-million dollar business using connections he made at the Fontainebleau.But Ben, Jr.'s luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would end in another hotel room-a thousand miles away from the one where he grew up-when police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death.Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation-when his wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for twenty-four hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce. Now prosecutors claimed Narcy let the vicious killers into the room and watched as they beat her husband with dumbbells. They also suspected she was involved in the horrendous death of Novack's mother, just three months before. But it would be Narcy's own daughter who implicated her to the police. John Glatt tells the whole story of this twisted case of passion, perversion, and paradise lost, in Prince of Paradise .
9780312549206 English 0312549202 A MILLIONAIRE PLAYBOY Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a hotel empire, Miami's lavish Fontainbleau. But his luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would ironically end in another hotel room--where the police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation--when his ex-stripper wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for 24 hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce. A FAMILY MURDER MYSTERY Prosecutors believed Narcy let the killers into the room and watched them brutalize Novack. They also suspected she was involved in the death of Novack's mother, who took a fatal fall months before. Strangely, it was Narcy's own daughter who implicated her to the police--in this twisted case of passion, perversion, and paradise lost... "John Glatt is one of the finest true crime craftsmen writing today." --Howard Goldberg,VH1.com, Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a hotel empire, Miami's lavish Fontainbleau. But his luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would ironically end in another hotel room - where the police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death.Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation - when his ex-stripper wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for 24 hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce., Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the world's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who performed regularly at the Fontainebleau's La Ronde Room. He sat by while his parents entertained presidents and movie stars, as they reigned over Miami Beach in the ,50's and ,60's, and when the family business went sour he became wealthy in his own right, founding a multi-million dollar business using connections he made at the Fontainebleau. But Ben, Jr.'s luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would end in another hotel room-a thousand miles away from the one where he grew up-when police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death. Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation-when his wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for twenty-four hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce. Now prosecutors claimed Narcy let the vicious killers into the room and watched as they beat her husband with dumbbells. They also suspected she was involved in the horrendous death of Novack's mother, just three months before. But it would be Narcy's own daughter who implicated her to the police-in this twisted case of passion, perversion, and paradise lost., New York Times bestseller John Glatt recounts the brutal murder of Ben Novack and his gilded childhood at the Fontainebleau Hotel.Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the world's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who performed regularly at the Fontainebleau's La Ronde Room. He sat by while his parents entertained presidents and movie stars, as they reigned over Miami Beach in the ,50's and ,60's, and when the familybusiness went sour he became wealthy in his own right, founding a multi-million dollar business using connections he made at the Fontainebleau.But Ben, Jr.'s luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would end in another hotel room-a thousand miles away from the one where he grew up-when police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death.Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation-when his wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for twenty-four hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce. Now prosecutors claimed Narcy let the vicious killers into the room and watched as they beat her husband with dumbbells. They also suspected she was involved in the horrendous death of Novack's mother, just three months before. But it would be Narcy's own daughter who implicated her to the police. John Glatt tells the whole story of this twisted case of passion, perversion, and paradise lost, in Prince of Paradise ., The New York Times bestselling author of Lost and Found recounts the brutal murder of Ben Novack, scion of Miami Beach royalty, and his gilded childhood at the legendary Fontainebleau HotelBen Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the world's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who performed regularly at the Fontainebleau's La Ronde Room. He sat by while his parents entertained presidents and movie stars, as they reigned over Miami Beach in the ,50's and ,60's, and when the familybusiness went sour he became wealthy in his own right, founding a multi-million dollar business using connections he made at the Fontainebleau.But Ben, Jr.'s luxurious, celebrity-studded lifestyle would end in another hotel room-a thousand miles away from the one where he grew up-when police found him bound up in duct tape, beaten to death.Seven years earlier, police found Novack in an eerily similar situation-when his wife Narcy duct-taped him to a chair for twenty-four hours and robbed him. Claiming it was a sex game, he never pressed charges and never followed through with a divorce. Now prosecutors claimed Narcy let the vicious killers into the room and watched as they beat her husband with dumbbells. They also suspected she was involved in the horrendous death of Novack's mother, just three months before. But it would be Narcy's own daughter who implicated her to the police. John Glatt tells the whole story of this twisted case of passion, perversion, and paradise lost, in Prince of Paradise .