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Vanished
Author: Carlton Smith
Jana Carpenter Koklich and Bruce Koklich seemed like the ideal couple. She was an attractive 41-year-old blonde, the doted-on only child of a once-powerful California state senator. He was the dedicated and loving husband. Together they owned a lucrative Norwalk, California, real estate business, and a computer business, owned a pair of luxur...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312986094
ISBN-10: 0312986092
Publication Date: 8/2/2005
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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3.3 stars, based on 28 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Vanished on + 80 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
it's an ok true crime
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I'm trying desperately to finish this book, but I'm so tired of the redundancy and repetitiveness and the name Bruce Koklich that I could vomit.

He must be strutting in his cell like a peacock knowing how many times his name was mentioned. This book could have been cut in half and it would have still been redundant .... and the money numbers were mindboggling. People don't care to read about money numbers .... they are more interested in reading about the complex relationship between the Koklichs.

I'm surprised that such a book would be written by such a well known true crime author.
aroradreem avatar reviewed Vanished on + 3 more book reviews
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I was disappointed with this book and surprised because normally I love Carlton Smith's books.

There was so much detail about the business ventures the characters were involved in that it detracted from the rest of the story and was confusing and boring to me. It could have been better if he'd focused more on the people and less on the AMOS and NABUCO stuff.
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reviewed Vanished on + 25 more book reviews
Great book--easy to read. Unbelievable that someone can be so mean!
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Not as good as others by this author. Little information into the background of the couple, and too much emphasis on their business, which no one ever proved figured into Jana's disappearance. Still would recommend.
dknees4 avatar reviewed Vanished on + 15 more book reviews
Good read about wealth/power struggles. As usuual Carlton Smith does a superb job reasearching the documentation of this case. Another husband nearly got away with murdering his devoted wife.


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