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On the Horror of Raising Children in a Messed Up World

When I'm Dead by Hannah Morrissey

August 10, 2025 by Halbs Leave a Comment

When I’m Dead is the third entry in Hannah Morrissey’s Black Harbor mystery/suspense series. Morrissey calls her genre “Midwestern Noir;” think Scandi Noir, but set in Wisconsin! So far, you can read the Black Harbor books in a standalone fashion. Each story is mostly its own thing, although they all take place in the same city, and occasionally a character will drift from one book into another. Just read them in order, though, don’t be dramatic. This book is about the Winthrop family, and what living […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Hannah Morrissey, midwest

Halbs's CBR17 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr17bingo, Hannah Morrissey, midwest ·
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feed me with your kiss

The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey

February 20, 2023 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Last year I read and raved about Hannah Morrissey’s debut crime thriller, Hello, Transcriber. That was the first book in the Black Harbor series, set in a crumbling town in the American Midwest. The city of Black Harbor is the recurring character, along with the gothic and…I guess Scandi crime feel of cold, dread, and horror (but not Horror horror). The Widowmaker is the second book in the Black Harbor series. Whereas Transcriber was a tour de force in atmospherics and language, Morrissey puts forth […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Hannah Morrissey

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Hannah Morrissey ·
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“The lie tastes bitter, like an ash pretending to be a snowflake.”

Hello, Transcriber by Hannah Morrissey

August 30, 2022 by Halbs Leave a Comment

Hazel Greenlee is stuck in quiet, rusty Black Harbor. She’s falling apart, just like her surroundings. Hazel is a police transcriber working the night shift.  Her 111 words per minute typing skills astound the office crew. Her husband is some kind of ag scientist, studying why the nearby lake is eroding the shore.  They barely pass one another in their ratty duplex. Maybe that’s for the best. The night shift is like a dream for Hazel. The whole town is like a bad dream – […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Hannah Morrissey

Halbs's CBR14 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Hannah Morrissey ·
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