Sleepless Morris

Review of eBook

Detective Trevor Morris receives some unexpected news . . . Jeff Collins, supposedly serving a life sentence for a variety of crimes, is not in prison. He is walking free while someone else serves out his sentence.

As Detective Morris investigates, others warn him to forget what he’s learned. The corruption case involves extremely powerful people who will not overlook his interference. But Morris won’t walk away.

Will he find the elusive Collins or will he forfeit his own life?

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Intrigue and mystery fill this short story, a prequel to the author’s Shelby Griffin series. But the supposed main character [Shelby Griffin] only makes a brief appearance; the story focuses on Morris’s investigation of the criminal show more who’s managed to slip out of prison and return to the streets to continue his criminal activities.

With virtually no character development, no plot resolution, and a massive cliffhanger, readers are likely to feel as if they've been dropped into the middle of a story. It is apparent that, despite being a prequel to the series, the events in this story are not the ones that actually begin the series. show less