Cover of A Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones

H&S Fiction
9781444729436
$22.99
Paperback - B Format
November 2011
288 pages
Crime & mystery

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A Single Shot

A gritty and compelling US noir in the vein of Cormac McCarthy, publishing for the first time in the UK as a Mulholland classic crime novel.

Mulholland Books presents... A SINGLE SHOT.

Anyone's life can change in an instant. In Matthew F. Jones's acclaimed novel, one man's world is overturned with a single shot.

Trespassing on what was once his family's land, John Moon hears a rustle in the brush and fires. But instead of the deer he was expecting, he finds the body of a young woman, killed by his stray bullet. A terrible dilemma is made worse when he stumbles upon her campground - and the piles of drugs and money concealed there.

Moon makes his choice: he hides the corpse, and takes the cash. His decision will have consequences he can neither predict or control.

About the Author

Matthew F. Jones is the author of six critically acclaimed novels as well as a number of screenplays, including adaptations of two of his novels Boot Tracks and A SINGLE SHOT. Another of his novels, Deepwater, was made into a film in 2005. He was born in Boston and grew up on a farm in rural upstate New York. He now lives with his family in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Previous Books:
The Cooter Farm, The Elements of Hitting, Blind Pursuit, Deepwater, Boot Tracks

Other titles by Matthew F. Jones

Staff Review

Is unputdownable a real word? I’m going to use it anyway to describe Single Shot by Matthew F. Jones. Tense, torrid and murky this novel will certainly get your heart racing and provide your throat with a nice lump to go with the chill on your back.Set in the Carolinas, the novel follows the unfortunate protagonist John Moon who accidently kills a beautiful young girl while hunting for deer to feed his family. The decision to dispose of the body only leads to further trouble. Hidden cash is found, fringe dwelling criminals appear and a whole world of pain starts rolling his way and it can only get worse.

The writing is brilliant in the way it combines dialogue and description, utilising the landscape and John Moon’s tormented mind and body to take the reader on a journey that somehow allows you to indentify and sympathise with John Moon. You might even hope for redemption for him. Will any be forthcoming?

Lachie - Account Manager, Melbourne