With an insider’s look at the investigation, Hazel becomes spellbound by the lead detective, Nikolai Kole, and the chilling narrative he shares with her. Until her neighbor confesses to hiding the corpse of an overdose victim. An aspiring novelist, Hazel believes that writing a book could be her only ticket out of this frozen hellscape, but her life isn’t exactly brimming with inspiration. '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.Hannah Morrissey's Hello, Transcriber is a captivating mystery suspense debut featuring a female police transcriber who goes beyond the limits to solve a harrowing case.Įvery 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. 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 'As poetic as it is suspenseful, Hello, Transcriber delivers a refreshing slant on the police procedural. I was sucked in immediately and could think of little else until the last page.' - C J Box 'Hello, Transcriber is a dark, atmospheric, and compelling debut by a unique talent. No doubt destined to become one of this year's best debuts.' - Ace Atkins A former police transcriber herself, she knows the cops and criminals and those who bridge the worlds between. Hannah Morrissey writes with passion, razor-edged prose, and most importantly, authenticy. 'An edgy and haunting crime novel with a complex and world-weary heroine at the center. 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. Intrigued by the prospects of gathering eyewitness intel for her book, Hazel joins Kole in exploring Black Harbor's darkest side. Now Hazel has a first row seat to the investigation and becomes captivated by the lead detective, Nikolai Kole. The suspicious death is linked to Candy Man, a notorious drug dealer. And then her neighbor confesses to hiding the body of an overdose victim in a dumpster.

As an aspiring writer, Hazel believes that writing a novel could be her only ticket out of this frozen hellscape.

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. Hannah Morrissey's Hello, Transcriber is a captivating mystery suspense debut featuring a female police transcriber who goes beyond the limits to solve a harrowing case.

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