Thanks you to Netgally and Wildblue Press who allowed me to read the book as a digital copy for an honest review....so here we go..

Plain and simple...I love this book....even though the topic is incredibly hard to read and think about...the book is amazing...

Won't go into huge details of the case...that is written again and again below...but in synopsis ....Michelle Engron Jones had a relationship with Kevin Sims and became pregnant...with a poor situation at home she was moved to a home...Kevin and his mom took the baby and raised him for 3 years...Kevin ends up in jail for burglary...and by the time he gets out...Brandon is returned to his mother and pretty much disappeared...They search and search...occasionally getting in touch...but rejected...there were options...The story continues but is mostly in the court ....the details are extremely specific but in no way boring or tedious ...they were explained if needed in terms that anyone can understand...

It became evident that something had happened to Brandon....Michelle was asked over and over by friends where he was and over and over she lied...he is with the father...he is with the grandmother...he is in texas...he is ...all over...but in reality ...was somewhere never to be found...it took her friends to get her to confess that he was dead...and finally confessed that the hitting had probably went too far...she left him for four days...alone...in an apartment...went to a conference..had a great time...met a new guy...and never appeared to anyone to be nervous or scared...or worried...when she found him dead she stated she took him out on the interstate and left him in a wooded area...but wouldn't admit where ...and still won't...the first case a murder conviction in Indiana with no body...and she received 50 years....and was out in less than 20....how the hell....well she wrote a book...and received an award...so evidently that was enough to give others the idea that she had paid her price....

how horrible...

poor Brandon...he would have been not quite 30...and had a whole life ahead of him...family...children...but no...taken away by the age of five...while his mother is now celebrated...I hope this book becomes one of the biggest successes...

I read a lot of true crime...and I read this pretty much in one weekend...I didn't want to put it down...but occasionally had to ..due to my anger...at the mother...at the attorneys who did their best to belittle the prosecution witnesses...I understand that she is due a good defense...but it still needs to be honest...lying is not a good defense ...it is an unfair defense...

well...need to move on...just not let Brandon be forgotten...not let his father go unremembered ...that fathers care...and many times are just as good if not a better parent..God bless him...God bless the dedicated attorneys and detectives and Michelle...I hope you really have changed...but just like people I know who have done horrible things....you may forgive...but you never leave the stink of what you did behind... (less)

This was very well written! The story of a young boy who is killed by his mother. Most of this revolves around the trial. It is easy to follow and insightful. I truly hope that she did not have more children, and the fact that she is free makes me sick. I would like to read more by this author.

Thankyou to NetGalley, WildBlue Press and the author, Diane Marger Moore, for the opportunity to read a digital copy of Inconvenience Gone in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.
My heart hurts for this poor little boy and his tragically short life.
I thought the author presented a well written book that the horror of a child being murder by someone he was supposed to be able to trust aside, you had to keep reading to find out if justice was served.
Well worth a read.

Thank you to Netgalley and Wildblue Press fpor this digital ARC in exchange for my Unbiased review.

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 of obstacles to justice.

i had no idea this was a true crime until i started reading, such a sad story i was heartbroken for Brandon, well written intermixing narration with real court transcripts lea to a quick and interesting read.

Inconvenience Gone
The Short Tragic Life Of Brandon Sims
by Diane Marger Moore
WildBlue Press
Mystery & Thrillers , True Crime
Pub Date 23 Oct 2018


I am reviewing a copy of Inconvience Gone through WildBlue Press and Netgalley:



Four year old Brandon Sims was last seen on July.03.1992 when he attended a birthday party with his 24 year old Mother Michelle Jones. Jones was emplpyed, talented, confident, smart and assertive. Michelle Jones was involved in many community activities. Brandon Sims was an only child, serious and quiet. He was a thin boy who rarely had eye contact with his Mother. After the night of the party, his body was never found.


Jones lied to her friends for years about Brandon, telling some that he was living with his Father while she told others he was with his Grandmother who lived in another state. After Brandon’s Father who had been in jail comes looking for his son, Michelle‘s shocked friends confront her and she tells them that Brandon is dead. She tells a story of how Brandon died to a detective after she admitted herself to a local Psych unit. Days later after she checks out of the unit and refuses to reveal where he hid Brandon‘s body. She was certai that she had gotten away with murdering her son.


She might have gotten away with it too, had the detectIves believed her outlandish story. So the detective enlist the help of a novice prosecutor because no one else would take the case and in Indiana no one had ever been prosecuted for murder without the body.



I give Inconvenience Gone five out of five stars!


Happy Reading!

This book was well written and because of my love for true crime I found this book to be very interesting. This book was told by the prosecutor so lots of references to the court systems.

When I requested this book from Netgalley I wasn't aware that it was based on a true story. What a sad thing to happen to a child, or anyone for that matter.

The book was well written, kept my attention and had me reading faster to finally find out how things would turn out. The parallels to the Casey Anthony case are probably the first thing many people think of and I did also.

I feel like after reading this I have more insight into cases like this and I was drawn into the story immediately.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for allowing my request for an ARC. My thoughts are my own.

This was very well written. I've got tears in my eyes thinking of Brandon and everything he went through at such a young age. This book will draw you in and you will wish for a guilty verdict.

A court story that will tear your heart out and haunt your dreams. The loss of a child is tragic. As a parent I will never understand how you can harm a child, much less one you yourself brought into this world. The book gives a fair look into the imperfect world of our court system. And how it can be jossled with, but eventually rights itself.

I really like this book. The way that the facts are presented as well as both sides of the story are laid out, really enhances the story.

This is a heartbreaking story unfortunately these things happen all the time, I should of skipped the prologue once it told me what happened I kind of had to force my self to read it.

Thanks to Netgalley and Wild Blue Press for this advanced read.

There are several similarities in this case of Michelle and the Casey Anthony case. Birth killed their children. Both denied it. Caylee's body was eventually found, Brandon Sims, age four, was never found. Thus, he has never been given a proper burial. Those who live and adored him, grandmother, father, adult friends, deeply grieve his loss.
The question I ask myself is, how can a mother conveniently forget where she buried her child. Added to that how can a mother leave a four year old child all alone while she goes away for four days. Then she's surprised that she finds him dead?
This book is deeply heartbreaking. It's a very brilliantly written account of this murder. It still breaks the heart and tears fall for the trusting innocence of this child. His trust in his mother, to protect him, love him, shelter and feed him.
She starved him, abused him, and neglected him insofar that he finally succumbed to death. She should have served more than the twenty years. She has a life after prison. Brandon doesn't.

Thanks to NetGalley, WildBlue Press, and Diane Marger Moore for the opportunity to read this book. 3.5 stars

This is the true story, written by the prosecutor, of Michelle Jones, a young mother on trial for killing her 4-year-old son. These stories are always horrifying but what was so surprising to me was the differing verdicts between this case and the eerily-similar case of Casey Anthony. While race wasn't presented as an issue in this story, which took place in Indianapolis, with a young, black single mother as opposed to Casey Anthony, a pretty white girl. Meanwhile, both children are dead.

The author did a good job walking you through the entire trial - I learned quite a bit about the judicial system.

A heartbreaking and tragic story told by the prosecutor who was determined to seek justice for Brandon.

This was a hard book to read. I hate what the mother did and I had a difficult time seeing the story of her life as it is now. Do I think she should have been allowed to continue as nothing happened? Hell no and the fact that she was able to continue like nothing and to this day act like she has the right to keep secrets disgusts me. This book was well written though and made me want to scream. Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to read this book.

What kind of monster could beat their four year-old, leave him alone for days, and return to dispose of his dead body? The child's mother, Michelle Jones. This book examines how a prosecutor (the author) and law enforcement doggedly pursue Jones to being justice for the four year-old, Brandon Sims.

This true story read like a psychological thriller, but unfortunately it is not fiction. The short tragic life of Brandon Sims is written about in an informative way that lays out all of the facts of this fascinating story.

I liked reading this book. It was a well written. It's too bad that crimes like these happen all over the world. It affects everyone when a crime likes this happens.

Inconvenience Gone by author Diane Marger Moore is a fast paced, unbelievable crime story! Intense and emotional, the book reads through and fills the reader with enough information to follow well and the plot itself is developed great. I would absolutely recommend this book to another crime thriller reader.
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of Inconvenience Gone in exchange for an honest review.

Inconvenience Gone: The Short Tragic Life of Brandon Sims

This is quite a case about a young single mother, Michelle Engron Jones, 21, who killed her little boy, Brandon Sims, 4 years old. They lived in Indianapolis, Indiana and she had a good job. By the time it was even discovered that Brandon was missing by his father, Kevin Sims, apparently, Brandon had been missing for quite a period of time. Kevin had been in jail for a while and had no way to know this, as he and Michelle were broken up before he went in. Michelle had been telling her friends various stories for some time. Some were told that Brandon was with his father and a new wife. Others were told that Brandon was with his loving grandmother, Arlene Blevins in another state.

Michelle Jones checked herself into Midtown Mental Health, suddenly saying that she was all stressed out (about the time her baby daddy was looking for their son.) That’s when authorities were called to come and interview her at the facility after she’d been given something to calm her down and it was allowed to wear off some. Sgt. Mike Crooke started investigating in January of 1994, and Brandon had been missing for like 3 years, so they were seriously behind in their search. Michelle was interviewed at Midtown, she described having left her 4-year-old son alone in her apartment for several days and coming back to find him dead.

She claimed a ‘mental breakdown’ over having to tell her friends about her son’s death. She spoke about leaving Brandon’s body alongside a road, and Crooke got her to agree to go with him the next morning and show him where. When Sgt. Crooke arrived the next morning, Michelle Jones informed him through the nurse that she’d hired a lawyer and now refused to speak to him further. This was a really sad case with no winners to be found, really heartbreaking. Just a violent true crime case of abuse and murder. It is an interesting story of a fairly new prosecutor going to bat and trying a case without a body for murder and neglect in Indiana. My thanks for the advance electronic copy that was provided by NetGalley, author Diane Marger Moore, and the publisher for my fair review.

WildBlue Press   267pages
Pub: Oct 23rd

The Author -- 
Diane Marger Moore continues to practice law with a national civil trial firm