FOLLOW UP (3 of 22)

Author: Jo Dereske - Edited by Linda Fairstein

Genre: Short Story Collection

Published: The Prosecution Rests, 2009

Personal Rating: 3.75/5 (better than good)

(ss) Yearly Count: 28

Bi-monthly, Jeff travels to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Go Blue!) to determine if prisoners are ready for parole. This time, Jeff is traveling through a snow storm, and he encounters a woman who is stranded on the side of the road with her car in a ditch. Soon Jeff discovers that the woman is a mother of an inmate, and she doesn't know who he is or his occupation.

Another really good short story - that's 3 for 3! I never knew what was going to happen in this one, so I enjoyed the suspense. However, I had to reread parts of the story to make sure I didn't miss anything, because the ending wasn't defined as much as I would have liked it to be. I can surmise, but I would have preferred more clarity.