A hard working man for most of his life, 84 year-old and
wheelchair-bound Morris Grover can only snipe back at life
with his sharp tongue and by not taking his meds. His
beloved wife, Gertie, had recently passed on and he was
stuck living with his sports fixated son, Stan, and his wife
Jude. While they had tried halfheartedly to
support Morris in their home, his constant complaints and
demands interfered too much with Stan's sports watching and
they made the decision to send Morris off to a nursing
home (without consulting him, of course).
While Morris is annoyed at the decision, deep down he knows
he needs the care, so he accepts staying at Rigg's
Nursing home. Morris hates the pervasive smells and the
limited food selections, but most of all
he is appalled by the abuse and violence with which some
staff members treat the home's residents.
But all is not dark in his new home away from home. The
highlight of his day soon becomes the growing support and
teasing camaraderie he grudgingly enjoys from a group of
other male residents. After hearing their views about a
series of patient deaths, Morris is upset and wants to
lodge a complaint with his family. Despite family promises
to see him often, the visits soon
dwindle. When they do visit, they dismiss
all of Morris' concerns. Things change when it's staff
members who turn up dead. Though the cops
are called and a suspect is identified, the question
remains--- can the killer be found in time?
Written in a deceptively simple and breezy style, James J.
Murphy pulls the reader into the sights and smells of the
Riggs Nursing Home, as well as the interactions between the
staff and the residents. You see events through the eyes of
Morris, the new resident, and four misfit youths who
couldn't find the jobs they wanted. You will be shocked at
the realistic horror ranging from the seemingly ordinary to
the unimaginable. With its snappy dialogue and strong
storyline, fans of horror and the paranormal are sure to
enjoy this suspenseful tale. It will definitely make you
want to very carefully check references before leaving
your loved ones in a nursing home!
When eighty-four year old Morris Grover is sent by his
family to stay at a nursing home, he never expected it to be
like this. Patients are neglected or mistreated to the point
of abuse. Morris and his new friends have their suspicions
when patients begin to die unexpectedly. The real mystery
doesn t begin when the patients start dying, but when the
staff begin dying, as well. Also determined to find out who
or what is behind this killing spree are four newly hired
teenagers and two of Florida s finest. Who or what could it be?
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