Hollon is known for his great versatility as a writer and his third novel is no exception. Having covered themes of an incarcerated man and a resident of a nursing home in his previous novels, A Thin Difference focuses on a trial lawyer, something close to home for the author, whose day job is one in the same. Commenting on his daytime profession, Hollon states, ?I deal with people immersed in crisis. Divorces, child custody proceedings, criminal cases. These people face the loss of their liberty, the loss of their children, and sometimes the loss of their very lives. I learn something new everyday about human beings.? In this new novel, Hollon draws on his experience as a lawyer, delving into the darker side of human nature and the legal system telling how sometimes the grinding cogs of the law can accidentally reach the correct result. A Thin Difference is a legal thriller with a twist, where we learn that everyone has to pay for their sins?eventually.

In this intricate, psychological mystery, Joel Stabler takes the life of his beloved brother Danny in what appears to be a mercy killing. When Joel's lawyers assign a psychologist to determine his sanity at the time of the shooting, the full story of the brothers' past and long family history of mental illness begins to unfold. Told entirely through Joel's pre-trial interview sessions with Dr Andrews, this novel takes on the argument of nature versus nurture, closely examining the factors that prompted this murder. And as Joel responds to the doctor's probing questions, he in turn begins to evaluate the doctor, stealing glimpses of his notes and speculating about his personal life. As we listen in on their conversations, it becomes less and less clear whom to trust, what is certain, or where the truth actually lies.

After nearly fifteen years in a childless marriage, Michael Brace and his beautiful wife, Suzanne, live separate lives under the same roof. Suzanne suffers crippling headaches and is haunted by childhood memories of her father and the bloodlines of mental illness. Michael, meanwhile, sleeps on the couch, hiding in the shadows of his wealthy family and thinking about the novel he has always wanted to write.In a twisted desire for revenge against both her father and her husband, Suzanne sets in motion a patient, complicated plan of deception, sacrifice, and death which places her husband at the center of a brutal murder investigation. And when Michael becomes the prime suspect, he must turn to his family, his friends, and his neighboursall of whom have lost faith in him long agoto escape a lifelong sentence for a crime he did not commit.With spare prose and shrewd insight, Hollon explores the intertwined relationships of family and community in the face of an unthinkable crime, and illuminates the fine line between destruction and salvation.