The Point of Fracture

Literature & Fiction

Hollon, Frank Turner

World Literature

Anchor Canada

A troubled woman, bent on revenge, implicates her husband, his family, and a Southern community in an unsolvable murder. With its swift prose and shrewd insight, The Point of Fracture is both a gripping page-turner about a perfect crime and a poignant portrait of the human psyche.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Lawson Library

Spinning a new twist to the legal drama genre, Frank Turner Hollon explores the moral and the controversial in his third novel, A Thin Difference. 
Jack Skinner is a criminal defense attorney in a small town in Southern Alabama. His personal life has declined into a battlefield of divorces, bitter children, and tax debt, but the courtroom has always been a safe haven from his otherwise dismal life. For twenty-five years he has lived under a terrible allegation that has dominated his existence and alienated his family. 
One morning a stranger appears at his office with a pile of cash asking for some minor legal assistance. But two days later the stranger is arrested for the brutal murder of a rich, elderly widow, and Jack takes on the murder case. With his instincts dulled by his belief in his client’s innocence, he sets out to win the biggest case he has ever undertaken. In the process, the two lives of Jack Skinner, his personal and professional, are set on a collision course and the unexpected is only the beginning.

A Thin Difference

United States

MACADAM/CAGE.

After nearly fifteen years in a childless marriage, Michael Brace and his beautiful wife, Suzanne, live separate lives under the same roof. Suzanne suffers crippling headaches and is haunted by childhood memories of her father, visions of violence, and the bloodlines of mental illness. Michael, meanwhile, sleeps on the couch, hiding in the shadows of his wealthy family and thinking about the novel he’s always wanted to write. 
In a tangled desire for revenge against her father, her husband, his family, and everything she cannot reconcile, Suzanne Brace sets in motion a patient, complicated plan of deception, sacrifice, and death. But as with all plans – even those executed to perfection – there can be waves of consequence, both expected and unintended, causing unending ripples of change.

Genre Fiction

The pretrial interview sessions between a killer and a doctor create an intricate tale of murder, mercy, and madness.Joel Stabler takes the life of his beloved brother Danny in what appears to be a mercy killing. When Joel’s lawyers assign a psychologist to determine his sanity at the time of the shooting, the full story of the brothers’ past — and long family history of mental illness — begins to unfold. Told entirely through Joel’s pre-trial interview sessions with Dr. Andrews, Blood and Circumstance takes on the argument of nature versus nurture, closely examining the factors that prompted this murder. And as Joel responds to the doctor’s probing questions, he, in turn, begins to evaluate the doctor, stealing glimpses of his notes and speculating about his personal life. Listening in on their conversations, it becomes less and less clear whom to trust, what is certain, and where the truth actually lies. With his signature prose and unwavering attention to detail, Frank Turner Hollon’s latest achievement examines the uncertain search for identity through the crisscrossing paths of blood and circumstance.

Blood and Circumstance

A psychological mystery from the author of The God File and The Point of Fracture. Joel Stabler kills his beloved brother Danny in what appears to be murder in the name of mercy. When Joel s lawyers assign a psychologist to determine his sanity at the time of the shooting, the full story of the brothers past and long family history of mental illness begin to unfold. Told entirely through Joel s pre-trial interview sessions with Dr. Andrews, Blood and Circumstance takes on the argument of nature versus nurture. And as Joel responds to the doctor s probing questions, he, in turn, begins to evaluate the doctor, stealing glimpses of his notes and speculating about his personal life. As the reader listens in on their conversations, it becomes less and less clear whom to trust, what is certain, or where truth and fact actually live. With his signature prose and unwavering, close-up lens, Frank Turner Hollon s latest achievement examines the uncertain search for identity through the criss-crossing paths of blood and circumstance.

The Wait

In the tradition of Philip Roth’s Everyman, and in a voice that is unmistakably Frank Turner Hollon’s, the story of one man contemplating the nature of life — the ordinary and extraordinary moments, the successes and failures alike.Life is uneven, unexpected, and unpredictable. And from the moment of James Early Winwood’s conception until his inevitable end, his life is no exception.Early, the unflinching and inviting narrator of The Wait, takes us along on a personal journey — from family dramas to lost loves, from failed ambitions to the challenges of an aging body — all the while tracing the steps of his unique, though common, experience. Without agenda, Early shares both the darkest parts of himself and life’s brightest, most fleeting moments.An honest and unglossed novel about the human condition, The Wait demonstrates that although our lives are forged by a handful of events, it is ultimately during those moments in between, where we are waiting for life to happen, that we truly discover who we have become.

Literary

In the vein of Philip Roth s 'Everyman', the story of a man contemplating the meaning and nature of life, the ordinary and extraordinary moments, the successes and failures alike. Life is uneven. And from the moment of James Early Winwood s conception until his inevitable end, his life is no exception. The unflinching and inviting narrator of 'The Wait' takes us along on a journey - from family dramas to lost loves, failed ambitions to the challenges of an aging body all the while tracing the steps of our unique and common experience. Without agenda or gloss, and contemplating the human condition with refreshing honesty, Early shares both the darkest parts of himself and life s brightest, fleeting moments. A philosophical and reflective story, The Wait suggests that though we are forged by a handful of events - dramatic, planned, or unexpected - it is ultimately in those moments in-between, waiting for life to happen, when we truly discover who we have become.

Contemporary

Austin and Emily

Macadam Cage Pub

Gabriel Black finds himself sentenced to prison for life without the possibility of parole for a murder he did not commit. In a twisted sense of honor, he takes responsibility for the action of a woman he loves and pays for it with his freedom. 
One day in the prison library Gabriel reads about a man with a wonderful family and a successful career who finds that he has been cured of cancer—thus proving, the author says, the existence of God. Gabriel is unmoved. A truer test of God’s existence would be to find proof of Him in a disgusting corner of the world like prison, without hope, surrounded by violence, hatred, and indifference. 
Gabriel starts a file where he can store any evidence of the divine he comes across no matter how unseemly. In brutal, honest language, he uncovers himself and the world while surviving in a hopeless hole, swimming in angry memories and regret.

The God File

MacMurray & Beck

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The Point of Fracture

The Point of Fracture

A Thin Difference

The Point of Fracture

Blood and Circumstance

Blood and Circumstance

The Wait

The Wait

Austin and Emily

The God File