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New city. Same shadows. No way out.

Flint Klemens is surviving on the margins of Australia with a mutt at his side, a head full of voices, and a past that won’t stop chasing him. Between dodging cops, hustling dope, and trying to keep his fragile grip on reality, he’s always one bad decision away from disaster.

When Flint’s life collides with a corrupt nightclub boss and the woman he loves, he is dragged into a dangerous game of secrecy, violence, and betrayal. As paranoia deepens and truth gets harder to separate from delusion, Flint has to decide who he can trust before everything he cares about disappears.

But in a world where everyone seems to be lying, and every face could be a threat, the biggest danger may be Flint’s own mind. When the final reckoning comes, will he destroy the people who ruined him—or lose the last chance he has to save himself?

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A Word From The Author

Writing is a creative exploration that helps me manage my mental health and gives my life purpose and direction. In my fiction, the characters’ mental well-being is explored against a noir backdrop of criminal activity in Australia’s underbelly. Thanks to my lived experience, topics like psychosis are portrayed in vivid detail, giving you, the reader, an intimate insight into madness. Fast-paced, my novels seek to entertain, revealing layers of the human condition.

In my debut novel Crack Falling, I aim to deliver a raw and unflinching exploration of mental illness, corruption, and survival on society’s edges. This gritty psychological thriller pushes boundaries while avoiding the usual genre tropes, offering readers an uncommon perspective on the intersection of mental health and systemic abuse.

While the book may not appeal to everyone due to its intense themes and gritty realism, it offers valuable insights into mental health, addiction, and the abuse of power. For readers willing to venture into darker territory, this debut novel delivers a powerful and thought-provoking experience that lingers long after the final page.

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TJ Clark

Writer, Advisor and Advocate for Good Mental Health.​

What Readers Are Saying​

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I loved this book ! It’s refreshingly different to most mainstream crime/thriller fiction as it steers well clear of stereotypes and predictable commercial formula most crime novels follow. It had plenty of action and genuine characters, and it takes a good hard look at real life for those on the edge of modern Australian society. A unique combination of a very real look at a man’s daily personal struggle for self-improvement whilst facing mental illness and enemies that chase hard, making for an exciting read.
AngeReview on Goodreads​
I loved this book!
I read it in an afternoon, I didnt want to put it down…so i didnt! 
It is energetic, colourful and interesting, funny, witty, silly, smart, and gathers you along in a whirly wind until you reach then end. Satisfying. I’d say it was fun to read. 
Sam Bell​Review on Goodreads​
Loved it! Crack Falling is a great read. I loved the main characters Flint and Gwennie. The book is honest and personal and provides a rare insight into how mental illness weaves itself into every aspect of a person’s life. Even though I have finished the book I still find myself thinking about Flint’s life and hope that T.J Clark has more adventures installed for us in the future.
Natalie Review on Goodreads​
I read Crack Falling in two sittings, but was so drawn in I could have happily stayed up and read it in a night. 
Certainly a must-read for anyone familiar with Brisbane in the early nineties, you can visualise the landmarks clearly and there is a certain tempo and vibe that is unmistakably connected with that period and place. 
Flint and Gwennie are easy to empathise with and like – you are genuinely wish them a hand up.

It’s an inspiring story of perseverance, survival and the search for a better place in life. 
Rivetting reading which I would absolutely recommend.
Karen​Review on Goodreads​

Upcoming Book​: Retribution

Flint’s nightmares are never just dreams. They arrive the same way every time: a fork in the road, a ramshackle cottage, faces that flare out of fire and whisper warnings he can’t quite make sense of. He and Gwennie have built a fragile sanctuary high on the Tablelands—off-grid, surrounded by rainforest and guarded by an old blue cattle dog—but the past they thought they buried has a way of following them home.

When two men are released from prison, the couple’s quiet life shatters. A local fixer named Mule begins manipulating the market of misery to push neighbours out, buying the land needed to get close. Flint must listen to the dream-voices and think like the men who once hunted him, because what starts as psychological warfare soon becomes physical: trespass, intimidation, and plans that smell of finality.

Ember by ember, Flint and Gwennie must decide how far they’ll go to defend their life. Will the rainforest keep them safe—or become the dark that swallows them whole? This taut, location-rich thriller asks what a man is willing to remember, and what a couple is willing to lose.