“A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow is as fast-paced and unrelenting as any thriller you will find, but what makes Jones’s book so compelling is its psychological, at times metaphysical, journey into one man’s tormented soul. Reading the novel is like entering a clear mountain stream. You take a few steps and suddenly plunge into depths you’d not imagined. Matt Jones is an immensely talented writer, and this harrowing novel deserves a wide and appreciative audience."

--Ron Rash, author of Serena and The World Made Straight

"A blistering tale of the human condition. Thought provoking and smart, yet brutally tense and paced faster than a bullet. Matthew F. Jones is the true heir apparent to the kingdom of Cormac McCarthy. Yeah, he’s that f-ing good."

--Brian Panowich, author of Bull Mountain and Nothing But The Bones

“An epigraph from a Tom Waits song and an allusion to Paris, Texas on page one clued me in immediately that Matthew F. Jones’s A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow would be very far up my alley. The prose crackles, the pace is unrelenting, and Jones’s characters make an indelible impression. This is extraordinary work—thrilling, ambitious, and sharp-eyed. I can’t recommend it enough.”

-William Boyle, author of Saint of the Narrows Street

“Matthew Jones isn’t just one of our best writers of rural noir. He is one of our best writers. Period.”

--Mark Powell author of The Late Rebellion

"A psychological thriller cut on the steepest grade with more switchbacks than a mountain haul road. A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow roars downhill with the brakes on fire. Jones sets a masterful pace."

--David Joy, author of Those We Thought We Knew and When These Mountains Burn

"Haunted hills and dead ends and deep nights fill the pages of A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow, the latest from Matthew F. Jones, who is not afraid to go dark and dare you to look. Black Cat Hollow Road winds through a treacherous landscape, for a cast of characters who are caught somewhere between the real and the imagined, the truth and lies, and ultimately between what is right and wrong. A gripping, hardnosed tale told with balance, beauty, bleakness."

--Michael Farris Smith, author of Salvage This World and Desperation Road

“A Reckoning Up Cat Hollow is deeper, richer, better-written, and far more nuanced than the standard TV-inspired dross that passes for rural noir. Matthew F. Jones’ novel unfolds with the hallucinatory quality of meth and mescaline, immersing us in a world as searing as a fist in the face, as complex and beautiful and fast as life itself. Read it and hold tight. It's like nothing you know.”

—Paul Cody, Author of Walk the Dark; The Stolen Child; Love is Both Wave and Particle

"Beginning with a chance encounter on a dark country road, and taking place over the course of a single brutal night, A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow is one of the most gripping, fast-paced crime novels you're ever going to read. Jack Spinks is a fantastically complex character and A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow is a stunning read. I could easily see a sequel. Matthew Jones has proven once again that he's one of the best and most original storytellers around."

--Donald Ray Pollock, author of The Heavenly Table and The Devil All The Time

"Matthew F. Jones is a hard, wonderful and very powerful writer you might not know yet, but ought to soon. He will not spare your sensibilities should you be among those poor souls afflicted with such. He rakes you over the coals at a measured pace, unfurls rath from six angles and the amen he delivers will keep even twisted m...f’s…awake at night. Jones is major, he’s got the piss and vinegar and moral rigor that make books matter."

--Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter’s Bone