Description:
Hollis Morgan is a survivor. She married young to flee an unloving family and ended up in prison, paying the price for her husband's embezzlement. Finally obtaining a California judicial pardon, she climbed from paralegal to probate attorney.
Brief description: R. Franklin James grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. As a UC Berkeley grad, she cultivated a different type of writing-legislation and public policy. After a career of public advocacy and serving as Deputy Mayor for the City of Los Angeles, she went back to her first love-writing.
Review Quotes: (Sticks & Stones) 4 Stars: "A fast paced mystery with lots going on . I really liked the human touches . Hollis finds a box of letters written to the dead woman in her probate case and I learned a lot about Hollis from the way in which she reacted to the letters. She goes way beyond what was required for her job to see that the outcome of the case is what it should be. Hollis also comes in contact with a young man named Vince, 'a revering addict on the other side of withdrawals.' Hollis buys him lunch several times and when he asks her why she is being so nice, she answers, 'Because I could.' Readers are sure to be captured by this plot-twisting, exciting mystery. It is a real page turner and I certainly am going to keep reading this series." --Cyclamen, Long and Short Reviews, June 4, 2014"