As an aspiring writer, Hazel believes that writing a novel could be her only ticket out of this frozen hellscape. Readers craving something dark and rough around the edges will devour this irresistible tale of intrigue, secrets, and murder.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. HELLO, TRANCSRIBER is exactly the fresh twist on the procedural that I’ve personally been craving, and it makes Morrissey’s debut a perfect entrée into the world of the procedural for readers who typically gravitate towards lighter psychological suspense. The world Morrissey crafts in HELLO, TRANSCRIBER delivers the appeal of a police procedural-an insider’s glimpse into the inner machinations of policework-coupled with a fresh and engaging suspense plot, a combination sure to thrill genre newcomers and seasoned readers alike. Following a woman who has just accepted a job as a transcriber for the local police force, and soon finds herself drawn into a dangerous world when she becomes obsessed with an ongoing investigation in the city, HELLO, TRANSCRIBER is an inventive and irresistible crime story perfect for your winter to-read list.
In this gripping and rough-around-the-edges suspense story, Morrissey combines a fresh twist on a procedural with psychological suspense and even a touch of romance, all wrapped up in the gritty atmosphere of a small city that has seen better days. Hannah Morrissey’s outstanding debut suspense novel HELLO, TRANSCRIBER delivers a blend I wouldn’t have thought possible if I hadn’t read it myself. I listened to the Playaway and the reader really brings you into the story, like when you hear the recordings just like Hazel would, complete with spoken “commas” and other punctuation.The Verdict: a gritty, atmospheric procedural-meets-suspense novel More than a mystery, this is a character study of a woman questioning every aspect – her marriage, her sexuality, her familial relationships, her career – of her life. The secondary characters are well-drawn and the subplots add to the story and to our understanding of Hazel. While a reader may be morally troubled by the decisions she makes, I think the reader will still feel empathy towards her. Hazel is unhappy with a number of aspects of her life, feeling stuck and unfulfilled. Hazel finds herself wrapped up in the cases, and the detective’s whose voices she hears into the night, questioning the choices that have brought her to where she is today. But there is an opening on the overnight shift for a police transcriber and crime is not in short supply in this small city that is slowly sinking into the lake. Hazel needs a job while crafting her novel and in Black Harbor, Wisconsin, jobs are not easy to come by. Review by Yvonne Selander, collection development librarian “ Hello, Transcriber ” by Hannah Morrissey
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