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.
Reviews
"Hello, 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 Range
"An
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, authenticy. 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 Me
"As 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 Door
"Hannah
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
Hannah Morrissey
Hannah Morrissey is a three-decade survivor of Wisconsin winters. Her education began at a two-room schoolhouse and concluded at the University of Wisconsin - Madison where she earned her BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing.
Between roles of bookseller and copywriter, she spent three and a half years transcribing police reports and contemplating her debut novel, Hello, Transcriber. She lives with her husband who is a police lieutenant, two pugs who sleep beside her while she writes, and a TBR pile that never seems to get any smaller.
When not writing, Hannah enjoys reading, rollerblading, kickboxing, traveling, and photography. Connect with her on Instagram and Facebook.
https://www.hannahmorrissey.com/
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