Hello, Transcriber

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'The future of crime fiction is named Hannah Morrissey' Alex Finlay

Every night police transcriber Hazel Greenlee listens as detectives divulge Black Harbor's gruesome crimes. Hazel, an aspiring novelist, believes that writing a book could be her only ticket out of this frozen hellscape. Her life isn't exactly brimming with inspiration, until her neighbor confesses to hiding the corpse of an overdose victim.

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. Through his transcription, she learns that the suspicious death is linked to Candy Man, a drug dealer notorious for selling illegal substances to children. When Kole invites her on a covert operation to help take the dealer down, the promise of a story calls to her.

From destroying her marriage, her career, and any chance she has of getting out of Black Harbor alive - just how far will Hazel go for her story

Reviews

'A moody, unsettling debut novel' - The Washington Post on Hello, Transcriber

'A dark, atmospheric, and compelling debut by a unique talent' - C. J. Box on Hello, Transcriber

'The future of crime fiction is named Hannah Morrissey' Alex Finlay on The Widowmaker

Author Bio

Hannah Morrissey is the author of the Black Harbor suspense series which includes Hello, Transcriber, The Widowmaker, and When Im Dead. A three-decade survivor of Wisconsin winters, Hannah enjoys putting her characters (and readers) in bone-chilling atmospheres that permeate beyond the page. Naturally, her books have carved out their own sub-genre of 'Midwestern Noir.'

Between roles of bookseller and copywriter, Hannah was inspired to write her debut novel while transcribing reports for her local police department. Far from home in a grim, crime-ridden city, it was her job to sit alone in the dead of night, listen, and type as detectives divulged the citys darkest secrets. There, she realized that every case was a story, and every story started with the same two words: 'Hello, Transcriber.'

Hannah graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison where she majored in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. She grew up in a small northern town and now lives near Milwaukee with her husband, three pugs, and a TBR pile that never seems to get any smaller.