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  • Hello, Transcriber

  • A Novel
  • By: Hannah Morrissey
  • Narrated by: Angela Dawe
  • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (93 ratings)

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Hello, Transcriber

By: Hannah Morrissey
Narrated by: Angela Dawe
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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.

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. 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. 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—and when Kole invites her on a covert operation to help take the dealer down, the promise of a story calls to her. As the investigation unfolds, Hazel will discover just how far she will go for her story, even if it means destroying her marriage, her career, and any chance she has of getting out of Black Harbor alive. Because if she’s learned one relentless truth about this place, it’s the fact that everybody lies.

"Narrator Angela Dawe assumes a millennial's exasperated tone, endearing listeners to Hazel Greenlee, a wannabe novelist."AudioFile

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Hello, Transcriber

This book was amazing. I was pulled in by the story, captivated by the who dun it, and completely in love with Hannah’s writing!! Her verbiage was so intoxicating!

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Enjoyable

This was more of a casual read for me and I enjoyed it for what it was. I liked the story and flew through this pretty quickly.

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Meh.

This was ok. Atmospheric. But is it an atmosphere I want to spend time in? Also, is this a thriller, mystery or romance? Idk. It wasn’t terrible. But it wasn’t great.

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from a different point of view

I was intrigued because the protagonist was a transcriptist on a police station. the plot kept me engaged. the story had good character development and the ending was unexpected. I recommend this book.

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Loved this book!

The narrator did such a great job and I loved the book as well. The main character was complex and I absolutely love Morrissey’s writing style.

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What was the point of “El”

I would rather have heard about why Hazel’s marriage was the way it was rather than “El” once being Elliot. It brought nothing to the story. 🙄

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Just okay

Bought on recommendation of an instagram post and was disappointed. It’s not trash but I wouldn’t recommend

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The end, what?

There is No closure in the ending. Need an ending with a closure to the romance

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Had potential, could have used more editing

The narrator of the book delivers a good performance, and the premise is strong. However, the book could have used a bit more editing. In an effort to be descriptive, the author overuses simile. Everything described in the book has to be “like” something else that is more artistic or deep. At first, I thought it may be a deliberate choice, given the protagonist is a writer and we’re hearing the story through her voice. Even if that was the intention, it’s still done to distraction. After a while it became a game to me to anticipate what comparison the author would make to the next mundane object she introduced. The ending was somewhat satisfactory, but I’m still deciding if it was worth it for all of the similes. I almost gave up on this book several times, but the storyline was compelling enough that I chose to see it through. For that reason, I would still recommend this book.

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A must read!

This book hit many notes for me. I love a good crime story. Aside from the suspense you get all the emotions of struggling relationships that makes the protagonist relatable. The narration is so well done. Angela Dawe really puts extra life to the characters through her performance and made it even more enjoyable. Highly recommend!

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