Sleepy Time: A Mercy Johnson Novel

by Reita Pendry

Theodore “Sleepy” LeBlanc is in prison because a pricey uptown lawyer never heard of narcolepsy. The guard on the prison bus is murdered. Was Sleepy awake when the crime happened and is he a witness? The FBI agent bucking for regional director says so. The other prisoners who are apprehended within hours of their clumsily-planned escapes fear so. Mercy Johnson steps in to shield Sleepy from the machinations of the FBI agent and the threats on his life by the other prisoners. In the process Mercy discovers evidence that may turn Sleepy’s curse of sleeping sickness into a ticket to freedom.

254 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 8, 2020

About the author

Biographical Information
Author Reita Pendry overcame years of paralyzing stage fright to become a criminal defense attorney. Over the course of a thirty-plus year career, she tried many cases to juries in Washington, DC and North Carolina. Her legal experience and her passion for justice animate her Mercy Johnson legal mystery series and this new series with Cassandra Robbins as the protagonist.
Robbins is a criminal defense attorney and a recovering alcoholic. Although the author is not herself an alcoholic or addict, she draws on the painful struggles of beloved family members to craft this new series. Courage, inspiration and hope are the bedrock qualities of Cassandra’s journey.
Like Cassandra, the author is accompanied on her journey by family, colleagues and friends, and a house full of rescue animals.