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Wealthy, beautiful, and brilliant, Shele Danishefsky was on the cusp of total fulfillment. Having conquered Wall Street, she was eager to build a family with her much younger husband, beguiling and handsome Ivy League graduate Rod Covlin. But when Rod's hidden vices, from high stakes backgammon to rampant affairs, breached this facade of perfection, marital harmony gave way to a merciless divorce battle. Rod has been entirely dependent on Shele's earnings, and her threats to sever him from her will and the millions their two children would inherit soon unleashed his darkest impulses. In late December 2009, Shele made an appointment with her lawyer to expel Rod from her will. She would never make it to that meeting. Two days later, on New Year's Eve, Shele was found dead in the bathtub of her Upper West Side apartment.
