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Matthew F. Jones

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Newton, The United States

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Matthew F. Jones is the author of seven novels and several screenplays. His novels have been widely translated and named on several best novels of the year lists. Three of his novels have been made into major motion pictures. Jones wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film adaptation of his acclaimed 1996 novel A Single Shot, a novel Susan Salter Reynolds in a review for the Los Angeles Times described as “The finest portrait of guilt since Crime and Punishment.” Novelist Daniel Woodrell, who reviewed the book in the Washington Post, declared it “One of the finest novels of rural crime and moral horror in the past few decades.” Patrick Andersen in a Washington Post Review of Jones’s novel Boot Tracks termed the phrase ‘literate noir’ to descri ...more

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A RECKONING UP BLACK CAT HOLLOW

My new novel A RECKONING UP BLACK CAT HOLLOW released January 29, 2026 by Regal House Publishing and is available everywhere books are sold.

Praise for A RECKONING UP BLACK CAT HOLLOW:

“A terrifying and Gothic-tinged story… A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow, written in an expressionistic style that evokes such writers as Rimbaud, Dickey, Conrad and (yes) Poe, is a harrowing and unforgettable work.” -- Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 25, 2026 10:23

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Matthew F. Jones’s books

Average rating: 3.55 · 1,177 ratings · 234 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Single Shot 3.61 avg rating — 761 ratings — published 1996 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow 3.50 avg rating — 127 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boot Tracks 3.26 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deepwater 3.04 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cooter Farm 3.86 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blind Pursuit 3.63 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elements of Hitting 3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(A Single Shot) [By: F. Jones, Matthew] [Sep, 2011] by Matthew F. Jones (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deepwater Showdown by J.F. Jones, Matthew F. Jones (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Matthew Jones made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Correct Genre topic " Somehow all of the messages I have had with the librarians group re. this issue have disappeared. Scott was the librarian trying to help me, and this ...more "
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Matthew F. Jones wrote a new blog post A RECKONING UP BLACK CAT HOLLOW My new novel A RECKONING UP BLACK CAT HOLLOW released January 29, 2026 by Regal House Publishing and is available everywhere books are sold. Praise for Read more of this blog post »
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Matthew Jones made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Correcting a novel's genre topic " I understand what you're saying, clearly not your, or librarians fault - but very, very frustrating to me and damaging to this book. This is my sevent ...more "
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Matthew Jones and 2 other people liked David Hutchison's review of A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow: "Picked this up and could not put it down. Matt drops you right into the action in Chapter 1 and it never lets up! My first read of it was over two evenings and I gobbled up every last word. It starts with a man driving down a rural road late at night" Read more of this review »
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Matthew Jones and 2 other people liked David Williams's review of A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow: "The world is fraught and life is fragile. That’s all the writing prompt Matthew F. Jones seems to need with “A Reckoning up Black Cat Hollow” (Regal House Publishing), a rural noir that is by turns tense, violent, tender, and surreal. It’s a thriller" Read more of this review »
Feb 12, 2026 01:19PM · see review
Matthew Jones and 2 other people liked Donald Josephs's review of A Reckoning Up Black Cat Hollow: "Thanks for an advanced copy and allowing me to review. This literary thriller was truly hard to put down. It kept me interested throughout, and just when you think you figured out what's going to happen, the author takes you down another road. Read th" Read more of this review »
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