The exclusive Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach was where a couple built a booming real estate company. In this community they were considered the dynamic duo of business. The husband, Bruce, had a sixth sense for negotiating property deals while his wife, Jana, had the finesse to make sure all the details were professionally carried out.
Life couldn’t be better for the two of them. The business required Jana to put in long hours at the office causing her to be preoccupied. At the same time, her husband, Bruce, was experiencing a midlife crisis and noticed the younger female tellers at the bank. As a natural salesman he started flirting with the gals whenever he was in the bank. As time went on, he became more interested in other women.
The couple had amassed a small fortune in property and businesses. It was worth millions. When Bruce considered the possibility of a divorce, he couldn’t accept the fact that he would have to give up half of everything they owned to his wife. It became abundantly clear that DIVORCE WAS NOT AN OPTION. That was when he came up with the idea that it might be better for him if his wife just disappeared.
For a dedicated True Crime reader, this book is a delightful read. It gives you the reader the opportunity to play the role of a juror in the first trial which ended in a hung jury. Then you the reader get a second chance to try to find additional evidence and find a new way to present the case to the new jury. By the time you finish you will thoroughly understand the legal concept, NO BODY NO CASE.
