Where the Hurt Is Where the Hurt Is

Publisher Description

"Poignant and funny, studded with characters who haunt your imagination long after you've read the final page." –Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author of Cave of Bones

When everyone would prefer to look the other way, can one man cut through fear and prejudice to unmask a killer?

Oklahoma, 1965. Emmett Hardy is focused on drinking his failures away. And despite his general enthusiasm for the social reforms sweeping the country, the disillusioned police chief isn't surprised by his community's ongoing casual racism. But he's still shocked when he discovers the body of a Black woman with a slashed throat dumped by the railroad tracks.

When the state authorities offer only a lazy investigation and arrest an unlikely suspect, Hardy puts down the bottle and swears to uncover the real murderer. But with resistance from his all-white neighbors and the clues leading to the small town's most powerful citizen, the upstanding cop may be heading straight into danger.

Will Hardy's unrelenting race to find the truth destroy his life?

Where the Hurt Is is the complex first book in the Emmett Hardy Novel crime fiction series. If you like tortured heroes, tense twists, and authentic settings, then you'll love Chris Kelsey's poignant novel.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2018
June 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
468
Pages
PUBLISHER
Black Rose Writing
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
2.1
MB

Customer Reviews

Xenaland ,

Where the Hurt Is

Really good read, one of the best I’ve gotten from Book Bub. Murder in a small town with all the secrets bubbling under the surface. Keeps you guessing till the end. I got it free but it is worth buying.

Osage Speaker ,

Where the Hurt Is — Outstanding

Best first novel I’ve read in a while. While the plot was easy, the characters just shone throughout, a great descriptive beauty to this book reminiscent of early James Lee Burke with an additional twist of delightful humor. Look for wonderful things from Chris Kelsey, I know I will!

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