A Hollow Cup

by Alan Thompson

Overview

~~A Crime of Hate and Race~~

An unsolved murder from the past comes to light in a small Southern town.

A coming-of age story and a classic murder mystery, A Hollow Cup begins in a small Southern town in the 1960s. New Hope is in turmoil when a beautiful girl, an enthusiastic participant in the local civil rights movement, is killed after a demonstration on the College campus. This "race murder" goes unsolved for twenty-five years until two men – friends and rivals as children – return to their hometown to prosecute and defend the man who's finally been charged. The past catches up with them as old secrets are revealed and old passions re-ignited, and the mystery is finally explained.

*****

"Black separatist movements, the politics and educational impact of various social and racial programs, opportunities to divide or unite, and threats to the status quo all collide . . . Readers who appreciate blends of legal process and social issues, especially novels about racism's lasting impact on individuals and communities, will relish this book's hard-hitting attention to two lives changed by an investigation into past events."
--Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Review

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157116392
Publisher:	W & B Publishers
Publication date:	07/19/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	359 KB

About the Author

Born in Danville, Kentucky, on January 31, 1949, Mr. Thompson grew up in his beloved Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A 1966 graduate of Chapel Hill High School, he received his B.A. from the University of Kentucky in 1970, and his J.D. from the same institution in 1973. He has practiced law for the past forty years, primarily in Atlanta, Georgia, and now resides in Georgetown, South Carolina. His civil trial work extended to dozens of jurisdictions throughout the United States, Australia and England, and he contributed to several professional journals and treatises dealing with his particular area of expertise, construction law.
He began writing seriously in 2008, and his first novel, A Hollow Cup, was published in 2011. He and his wife Barbie have two sons, one a lawyer in Salt Lake City, the other a Navy helicopter pilot currently stationed in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Mr. Thompson plays an occasional round of bad golf, and he and his bride can sometimes be found having a late-afternoon cocktail or glass of wine at the beach.
Other books by Thompson include:
Gods and Lesser Men
The Black Owls
The Kingfishers
The Nun’s Dowry