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Inspired by a true story, Hollow Point is set primarily in a 1930s Vermont mill town forever altered by the murder of a young girl - an act that would become one of the earliest and most disturbing cases involving the world’s youngest known murderers.
The novel follows two families bound by blood and shaped by a community ruled by labor, loyalty, and unspoken rules, where survival depends as much on silence as it does on strength. In the aftermath of the crime, choices are made quietly. Out of fear, love, reputation, and obligation. The town learns how easily the truth can be shaped into silence.
Decades later, the choices remain. In modern day, the river still runs between Crimson and Hollow Point, carrying Clara’s story through a town built on memory, secrets, and appearances. Where what was once hidden continues to shape the atmosphere, and the past is never fully at rest.
Hollow Point is a story of endurance, inheritance, and the quiet power of consequence, where history lingers beneath the surface of ordinary lives.
“Knowing this is a true story makes it even more devastating…
I’m still processing it.”
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About M.J. Boutin
For more than two decades, M.J Boutin has lived at the intersection of motherhood, social work, and perseverance. Her years working within Vermont’s correctional system and alongside families facing homelessness, addiction, and economic hardship have shaped the way she understands people, systems and the quiet forces that shape a community.
Living along side the Black River, she draws deeply from small-town life. Its loyalties, its silences, and its unspoken codes. Her storytelling reflects a belief that resilience often exists beneath the surface, and that the stories most worth telling are the ones that have been forgotten.
Through her writing, M.J. explores justice, endurance, and how the weight of history settles into the bones of a place and the people who call it home.