Blond Hair, Blue Eyes
An Emmett Hardy Crime Novel
by Chris Kelsey
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Pub Date May 02 2024 | Archive Date May 29 2024
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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 The Way of the Bear on Kelsey's Where the Hurt Is
Burr, Oklahoma, summer, 1976: On the eve of America's Bicentennial celebration, a notorious local politician is assassinated at a campaign rally. The case seems open and shut; the killer-a young, anonymous homeless woman-is shot by police at the scene. With the death of the assassin, the lead investigator is content to write off the crime as a random act. Burr's Chief of Police, Emmett Hardy, isn't so sure. Hardy becomes convinced the killing is the culmination of something deeper and darker-a violent conspiracy that not only makes a mockery of justice but ultimately threatens his life and those around him. A tale of murder, revenge, and intrigue, Blond Hair, Blue Eyes is Emmett Hardy's most difficult and exciting case yet.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
Praise for the Emmett Hardy Crime series:
"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 The Way of the Bear on Kelsey's Where the Hurt Is
"Essential reading and a first-class mystery novel." -IndieReader on Junker Blues
"If you like to read stories that have intrigue and nasty villains pitted against a sentimental, emotionally vulnerable hero, but who has grit, determination...and the ability to draw a pistol like cowboys of old, then Kelsey's Butcherville is for you." -Author's Reading
"A smooth melding of mystery and historical fiction...Kelsey deftly captures small-town life." -Kirkus Reviews on Ain't Nothin' Personal
"Witty dialogue, action, intrigue, mystery!" -A.J. McCarthy, winner of the 2019 American Fiction Award for Cold Betrayal, on Where the Hurt Is
"A sensational small-town crime thriller." -BestThrillers.com on Where the Hurt Is
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781685134099 |
| PRICE | $5.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 286 |
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Featured Reviews
Lynda S, Reviewer
When a local Senator with a very shady past is assassinated by a young girl apparently off the streets, local police chief Frank Emmett soon finds himself embroiled in something much bigger than it first appears.
This is 1970's Oklohama, a very provincial setting, rife with small-town bigotry - and hate. Soon his trainee Joel is arrested for having a connection to the deceased. Unfortunately he does, but the main reason for picking on him seems to be because he is Black....
At the same time when the charred body of a homeless man is discovered at a derelict property that somehow spontaneously combusted, evidence again points to murder. And the trail to further murders continues.
Here is a case that seems to. Implicate virtually the whole town, but Emmett is determined to get to the bottom of what is going on. So determined that ultimately danger seems to have no meaning for him....
There is a great deal of sly wit in places, mainly at the expense of the haters. Fifty years on, very little changes, except that maybe the smearing is higher up.
The story and ending did seem to drag a little, though there is a satisfying climax involving a suitable evil adversary. On the whole it's a prey, entertaining read.
