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Inconvenience Gone

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I was excited to be accepted for this book. However upon reading this book, I did find it very upsetting as its about a mother who got away murdering her4 year old son for a couple of years.

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I was very excited to read this book but have to be honest and say I didn't finish the book. It's very well written but I found it too upsetting, only because it involves a child

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*Thanks to Netgalley for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review. **

It was an ok book sometimes it went into too much detail on how the court system works. The story is about a mother and her 4 year old son and how she murdered him and got away with it for a couple of years

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Such a great book. Makes for a wonderful read. I can not wait to read more from this author. I love books like this.

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Michelle Moore and her 4yr old son Brandon Sims return from a birthday party and then Brandon vanishes never to be seen again. For a couple of yrs Michelle tells everyone and anyone who asks where Brandon is that he is with her mother or other relatives. However, when Brandon’s father gets out of Prison and starts looking for his son. Michelle finally tells a detective that Brandon is dead and then she checks herself into a psych ward. At this point I was livid. The author does an amazing job at writing the details without giving too much back story and you are able to experience the pain and anger all over again in this book. The detective finds a younger DA that is willing to take the case because at that time in Indiana, if there was no body, thee was no case. The detective did not believe Michelle’s full story and definitely not the part where she says she is insane. I felt that the author does a great job reinvigorating this story that is 20+ years old. It is hard to listen to the details of a child’s murder but thrilling to see the person responsible getting the justice they deserve.

Thank you to netgalley as well as the author/publisher for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

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thank you for the opportunity to read this book and I really enjoyed it. not my usual book. i not heard of this author before but will look for further more. it is a strong well written book

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This is a well written and intriguing look at a horrific crime. The details are enough to keep me hooked and wanting to find out how the investigation progressed. The main players are well developed without too much extraneous information.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an ARC copy of the book. The opinions expressed above are my own.

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Found this very difficult to read, interesting style of writing for a court case, but unfortunately I found myself getting lost with the amount of names involved. very sad case to read about.

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A thrilling read which kept me turning the pages, characters you care for and just brilliantly written. Great novel!!

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I thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book. This author was new to me and I was not let down. It was a great story and very well written. The characters were easy to relate to and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I highly recommend this to everyone!!

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Mather Moore was the prosecutor of a twenty-one year old abomination. As I thought about how to write this review I turned to my mother who happened to be visiting me today and explained the story to her. This nightmare of a child's life can only spark rage, fury, sadness, and frustration in the hearts of women who love their children more than themselves or have wanted children for many years and have never been able to reproduce. It's mind boggling. In this instance the system worked!

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What a very sad book. Michelle Jones has been accused of murdering her son and then leaving for a week and then dumping him somewhere off of a highway. The book was pretty well written I thought and it had you wondering what was going to happen next. The only two complaints that I have is that there was really nothing about her not serving her whole sentence which could have expounded on this big time and now graduating from a top college and then comparing her to Casey Anthony. I didn't read the book to read about her.

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Diane Marger Moore takes an incredibly heartbreaking story and gives it the respect it deserves. I was amazed and appreciative of how carefully she approached the life and death of Brandon Sims. Her writing relayed the story clearly, and though it was a difficult read, I am glad I stayed with it. Unfortunately Inconvenience Gone is not a one and done story, it can and does happen still today, and
the author does a credible service to our communities in shedding the light on the topic.
I received my copy through NetGalley under no obligation.

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Great book, it happened in the state I live in. For anyone that likes true crime, snapped or the id channel will love this.

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This is a very tragic case of a child who was murdered by his own mother. This story focuses on the case and the trial. This was very well written. It flowed nicely and was easy to follow. I am embarrassed that this woman is back on the streets. I hope she doesn't have any more children.

*Thank you to Diane Marger Moore, Netgalley, and WildBlue Press for allowing me to read an advanced ebook of this title.

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I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Netgalley.

This is a true crime story, but could have easily read as a murder mystery.

As a mom, I can't even imagine this happening. This poor child.

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Where is Brandon Sims he has not been seen since July 3rd 1992
His mother had told the police that he lived with his father
But she got a copy of the murder
I got an ARC from WildBlue Press

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Inconvenience Gone is an amazing book. It is true crime written by the prosecutor in the case, but could easily be considered a murder mystery. It is fascinating to see the details and struggles that the prosecution goes through to prepare a case for trail. To see how it permeates their lives, affects them and their family in the pursuit of justice. Such a wonderful read.

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I want to thank NetGalley and Wild Blue Press for giving me the opportunity to read this book for my honest opinion.

This is a true story about a missing 4 year old Indiana BOY who went missing in 1992 after going to a birthday party with his mom. He was a quiet young man who was maturing at a fast rate but he was still a normal four year old boy despite the oddity of nature.
His mom met his dad when she was in high school. She was younger than him and she ended up getting pregnant. They were in love. He introduced her to his mom and everything. Her family disowned her because she ruined her life. However the two of them got married.

They put her in a home for troubled girls. He ended up in prison for a felony. His mother took custody of the baby.
Once she grew older she regained custody of the baby only to beat him, neglect him and abandoned him. She wasn't going to be a mother to a freak!!!
She abandoned him for a week where he passed away from his injuries and dehydration and starvation.
She discarded the body but where?
Read this true story to find out more!!!

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Where is Brandon Sims? The four-year-old had not been seen since July 3, 1992, when he attended a birthday party with his twenty-year-old mother, Michelle Jones. Jones was employed, confident, talented, smart, assertive and involved in many community activities in Indianapolis, Indiana. In contrast, when he was last seen, Brandon Sims, an only child, was a serious, quiet, thin boy who rarely maintained eye contact with his mother. After that night, he was never seen again. His body has never been found.

For years Jones lied to her friends about Brandon, telling some that he was living with his father and others that he was staying with his grandmother in another state. When Brandon’s father, who had been in jail, came looking for Brandon, Michelle’s shocked friends confronted her. She confessed that Brandon was dead. She repeated her story of how Brandon died to a detective after she admitted herself to the local psych unit. Days later she checked out of the unit and refused to reveal where he had hidden Brandon’s body. She was sure she had gotten away with murder.

And she would have except the detective didn’t believe her story. He enlisted the help of a novice prosecutor because no experienced prosecutor would take the case. In Indiana, no one had ever been convicted of murder without a body.

That prosecutor has written a book that reads like a mystery novel instead of the real murder prosecution. Truth is stranger than fiction where Santeria curses, the law and politics are only a few obstacles to justice.


Thanks, NetGalley for the copy for review.
The prologue told the story. Gave out the story.

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