Under the Knife A Beautiful Woman, a Phony Doctor, and a Shocking Homicide [Paperback]

Handsome, charming, and a fixture on the New York City club scene, Dean Faiello had built a thriving beauty business. But money was never enough for Faiello, whose hard-partying ways constantly left him on the edge of ruin. So he did the unthinkable and worked as a cosmetic surgeoneven though he had no medical degree, or training whatsoever.

In the spring of 2003, a beautiful, successful woman named Maria Cruz went to Doctor Faiello for a relatively simple cosmetic procedure&and succumbed to a fatal complication while under his care. Faiello allegedly buried her corpse beneath a concrete slab at his Newark, New Jersey homeand went on the run. It was only after Cruz's body was found that the true callousness of Faiello's plan would be dissected&and he would be accused of putting her

UNDER THE KNIFE

Diane Fanningis the author of the Edgar Award finalistWritten in Blood: A True Story of Murder and a Deadly 16-Year-Old Secret That Tore a Family Apart. Her other works of true crime include the best-sellingMommy's Little Girl,A Poisoned Passion,The Pastor's Wife,Gone ForeverandThrough the Window. She has been featured on48 Hours,20/20, Court TV and the Discovery Channel, and has been interviewed on dozens of radio stations coast to coast. Before becoming a nonfiction writer, Fanning worked in advertising, and she earned more than 70 Addy Awards. She lives in New Braunfels, Texas.