Hawke's Point (The Jonas Hawke Series Book 1)

Hawke's Point (The Jonas Hawke Series Book 1)

Jonas Hawke, a recovering alcoholic with bouts of crankiness and <br />unmitigated orneriness, may be past his prime but he's still a damned <br />good lawyer. That's why everyone in Beacon Junction turns to him <br />for advice as soon as something goes wrong. And plenty does—<br />murder, adultery, corporate conspiracy—everything you'd expect <br />from a sleepy Vermont town. <br />A mysterious stranger arrives in town to question Jonas's handling <br />of a decades-old murder trial, forcing him to confront an ethical lapse<br />in his past. When evidence surfaces that a heart stent made by a local <br />company may be deadly, he is drawn into an ethical quagmire that <br />will determine how he'll be remembered. <br />Hawke's Point is the story of a broken man who gets a second chance <br />to do the right thing, a novel with a potent mix of complex characters,<br />life-and-death problems to keep them busy, and a page-turning plot.<br /><br />“As Mark Willen explores life in a small Vermont community he <br />addresses large themes: guilt, forgiveness, familial loss, love, ethical <br />dilemmas of many kinds. Vivid, complex characters like Jonas Hawke, <br />retired lawyer and repository of many of the community's secrets, engage <br />the reader and move the narrative along at an energetic pace. This is a<br />novel so rich in humanity and situation that the world of Hawke's Point <br />will continue to beguile long after the reader has turned the last page.”<br />—Margaret Meyers, author of Dislocation and Swimming in the Congo <br /> <br />“Every town has its secrets and almost all hold such confidences close <br />to the heart. It takes a determined, resourceful storyteller to bring such <br />tales to the surface and that's what Mark Willen has done with his new <br />novel set in the star-crossed town of Beacon Junction.”<br />—Tim Wendel, author of Red Rain, Habana Libre, and Summer of '68<br />