I had never heard this story which only surprises me because I have lived in Florida my whole life. Also, this was an amazingly brutal story. It made me so sad I just can't believe people are as horrible as in this book. I don't normally read about like true crime, but I was interested in this book for two reasons the hotel and the fact that this was similar to Gilded Age type wealth.

The book was well written but it is long. It also spans something like 70 years. Basically from around the 50s to now. I enjoyed the history part very much and of course now I must do additional research to see pictures and all that :)

I really do recommend this book for anyone into the true crime stuff. It is a little history that super relate to the crime, but that is the kind of stuff I am more into. It was a long book, something like 60 chapters, but still a quick read.