“Honor Thy Father,” a novel by Hopkinsville attorney Jason Holland, draws inspiration from local places and themes in a legal thriller described as “a haunting thrill ride of a novel.”
Holland’s first published novel, the story is set in Hopkinsville and Cadiz.
A news release about Holland’s book signing in July at the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library described the story:
“When Cassandra Warren, the wife of one of the wealthiest business tycoons in Kentucky, is brutally murdered at her lake home, criminal attorney Hunter Cameron’s own nightmare is just beginning.
“Cassandra’s death is the precise echo of a murder that occurred over forty years before — a case that nearly destroyed Hunter’s own attorney father. Only this time, it is Hunter’s best friend Kirk who is the prime suspect in the vicious slaying.
“Caught up in a tangled web of small town intrigue and politics, Hunter fights to prove his friend’s innocence. What no one knows is that Hunter is hiding a deadly secret of his own …”
The book is available online as an e-book and in print from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
“Honor Thy Father” is published by Amber House Books, a company started by New York Times bestselling author Teresa Medeiros, of Hopkinsville.
The publisher notes that several Hopkinsville locations appear in the story, including Ferrell’s, The Wood Shed BBQ Restaurant and Corner Coffeehouse.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
