If Jess Lourey’s books appeal to you because of the hidden secrets of small towns, you’ll want to pick up this book. Hello, Transcriber is an atmospheric, suspenseful story.
Morrissey herself was a police transcriber, a job that inspired her debut. But, that attraction to darkness and Kole’s ongoing investigation could trap Hazel until she doesn’t know who to trust and who to believe. There’s an appeal to the bleakness inside her.
Hazel is drawn to the darkness of Forge Bridge, drawn to Nik’s darkness.
In Black Harbor, there are too many people with secrets too many lies. But, Kole has dark secrets of his own, and he’s just coming back from a six-month suspension. Hazel is desperate to escape her marriage to a man who drinks too much and loves guns. While Hazel originally views her interest as background for her writing, she finds herself falling for the man who is everything her husband, Tommy, is not. She’s transcribing the reports from Detective Nikolai Kole. It’s easy for Hazel to follow the unfolding events around the investigation. Suspicion immediately falls on a drug dealer called “Candy Man” who might have been linked to several other drug-related deaths. She’s right on the scene when her neighbor, Sam, shows up with a finger, saying he helped to transport a body to the dumpster. Every night she types out the reports from various police officers. That includes her new job on the night shift at the police station where she’s now a transcriber. Hazel dreams of being a writer, though, and everything is fodder for her imagination. Hazel is fascinated by the bridge, although she once saw a floating body there. She spends her time running a trail, ending at Forge Bridge where people regularly jump to commit suicide. Her husband, Tommy, is an aquatic ecologist hired by the city. Hazel Greenlee views Black Harbor, Wisconsin as a purgatory where she’s stuck. This debut features a police transcriber. Readers who appreciate Jess Lourey’s troubled protagonists should latch onto Hannah Morrisey’s Hello, Transcriber.
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