Hello, Transcriber

Hello, Transcriber
Hannah Morrissey
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Hardback
h233 x 154mm - 304pg
30 Nov 2021 US
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9781250795953
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Every night, while the street lamps shed the only light on Wisconsin' s most crime-ridden city, police transcriber Hazel Greenlee listens as detectives divulge Black Harbor' s gruesome secrets. As an aspiring writer, Hazel believes that writing a novel could be her only ticket out of this frozen hellscape. And then her neighbor confesses to hiding the body of an overdose victim in a dumpster. The suspicious death is linked to Candy Man, a notorious drug dealer. Now Hazel has a first row seat to the investigation and becomes captivated by the lead detective, Nikolai Kole. Intrigued by the prospects of gathering eyewitness intel for her book, Hazel joins Kole in exploring Black Harbor' s darkest side. As the investigation unfolds, Hazel will learn just how far she' ll go for a good story-even if it means destroying her marriage and luring the killer to her as she plunges deeper into the city she' s desperate to claw her way out of.
[A] moody, unsettling debut novel. --The Washington Post, Best Thrillers & Mysteries of November 2021 With its fine-tuned bleakness and unflinching exploration of human depravity, Hello, Transcriber is a shudder-inducing series kickoff. --BookPage Former police transcriber Morrissey brings her expertise to this suspenseful debut. The story of an introverted, troubled woman, isolated in a bleak small town, will appeal to fans of Jess Lourey' s atmospheric books. - Library Journal, starred reviewHello, Transcriber is a dark, atmospheric, and compelling debut by a unique talent. I was sucked in immediately and could think of little else until the last page. " --C. J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Long RangeAn edgy and haunting crime novel with a complex and world-weary heroine at the center. Hannah Morrissey writes with passion, razor-edged prose, and most importantly, authenticity. A former police transcriber herself, she knows the cops and criminals and those who bridge the worlds between. No doubt destined to become one of this year' s best debuts. --Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Revelators and Robert B. Parker' s Someone to Watch Over MeAs poetic as it is suspenseful, Hello, Transcriber delivers a refreshing slant on the police procedural. With evocative prose, intriguing and layered characters, and a setting so vivid it infiltrated my dreams, Hannah Morrissey establishes herself as an exciting new voice in literary suspense. --Megan Collins, author of The Winter Sister and Behind the Red DoorHannah Morrissey' s precise, lyrical prose, chilling sense of atmosphere, and talent for crafting sexual tension just as twisted as the central crime make her haunting debut Hello, Transcriber a unique and exciting new entry in the contemporary crime genre. --Layne Fargo, author of They Never Learn Morrissey is a psychologically attentive writer who captures the bristly tension between longtime locals and newcomers. - Shelf Awareness [A] dark, highly atmospheric, somber edge-of-your-seat thriller. . . Hello, Transcriber will feed the need for fans of dark suspense thrillers. Highly recommended. - Mystery and Suspense Magazine [An] atmospheric suspense debut [with an] intriguing premise. - Kirkus Reviews "Hello, Transcriber is a perfect bridge between more traditional procedural-focused crime fiction and psychological suspense, all wrapped up in a dark, gritty atmosphere. " - Crime by the Book [A] solid debut. . . This mystery largely succeeds thanks to its strong sense of place and realistically flawed heroine. Hazel' s thorny relationships provide regular infusions of tension that catapult the tale to a dramatic close. Morrissey is off to a promising start. - Publishers Weekly
HANNAH MORRISSEY earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She grew up on a farm in a small northern town and now lives near Milwaukee with her husband and two pugs. Hello, Transcriber is her debut novel, inspired by her work as a police transcriber.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781250795953
Published: 30 Nov 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: St Martin's Press
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 233mm
Width: 154mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 304

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