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Vanished at Sea: The True Story of a Child TV Actor and Double Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) | 
 enlarge | Author: Tina Dirmann
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
List Price: $6.99
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 14356
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0312941978
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.15230979496
EAN: 9780312941970
ASIN: 0312941978
Publication Date: January 2, 2008
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It was supposed to be blue skies and smooth sailing for Thomas and Jackie Hawks. A retired probation officer and a stay-at-home mom, they were looking forward to entering the next phase of their golden years. Their plan: To sell their home—a 55-foot, $435,000 yacht—and start a new life on land…and spend as much time with their grandchildren as possible. The Hawks were thrilled when a young man named Skylar Deleon wanted to buy the boat for himself, his wife, and their two kids. Little did Thomas and Jackie know that this unemployed, former childhood actor and dishonorably discharged Marine had another devious plan in mind: To lure the couple out to sea, force them to sign away their life savings, throw them overboard, and leave them
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 Awful story... August 11, 2008
true crime fan (Forest Hill, MD USA)
This story was particularly awful in how these people were killed. All for money and their boat. The killers were too lazy to go out and get real jobs so they killed this couple instead. They deserve whatever they're getting in prison.
 book August 8, 2008
R. Molitor (Saint Louis, Missouri United States)
Received in great condition but wasn't impressed with this story either. I had read about it before. Sad story, though. Satisfied with seller.
 Good story, but only part of it August 8, 2008
Reader (Missouri United States)
This is a good book, does a good job of allowing you to get to know the characters, made me cry several times for the Hawks family. It's an easy read and well worth the money for the book, but the author was apparently a bit too anxious to get the book out. The murderer has yet to go to trial. I guess with it being in California, that's not a surprise. As of the summer of 2008, Skylar Deleon had attempted to sever his own penis with a razor blade while in the mental health ward of the Santa Ana Jail. It was reattched. The trial is currently set for August 25, 2008. We'll see. Dixie Hawks reportedly died of cancer this summer.
A horrifying tale, well-written and not too soon. July 2, 2008
Michael Luchsinger (New Orleans, LA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being new to the true crime genre, mostly a reader of fiction, mystery, and non-fiction adventure and science (a.k.a. Crichton, Connelley, Krakauer, or E.O. Wilson), I was pleasantly surprised by this book and this author. This story surprised and shocked me to say the least. Ms. Dirmann's account was well researched and very well written. Her conversational style kept me turning the pages as though she were telling me the story herself, in person. It made for an easy, enjoyable read. In fact, I am looking forward to reading it again, as soon as I finish her first book, Such Good Boys, which I am halfway through after one day and cannot put down.
Also, I do not subscribe to the "written-too-soon" train of thought. The story ends with a sense of finality, with all of the accused (if they even deserve that bit of politically correct leniency) charged, behind bars, and at least one trial complete. As I understand it, others are still awaiting trial (it was recently postponed AGAIN until August 2008), and it's been 4 years since the murder. To wait for all trials to conclude before writing a book like this would deprive readers of an engaging tale for possibly years, and the story is far faded from the headlines. If opinions or accounts do change, I look forward to the 2nd edition for clarification, the decision of the jury, and the sentencing, if necessary.
Great work Ms. Dirmann, Ill be in line for your next one. Please keep them coming.
Couldn't Put it Down! July 1, 2008
Nancy Ong (Santa Monica, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am an avid reader, mostly of mystery fiction, but also true crime. I had followed the story when it happened. The interviews and Tina's dialogue style truly brought out the personalitites of everyone involved and how they all became entwined in this horrific event. It is a very tragic but interesting story and I recommend it to anyone interested in studying human nature.
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