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"From the author of the award-winning crime thriller, Where the Hurt Is. ""This top-notch suspense thriller will seize your attention, and you'll be enthralled by the characters and the author's witty and appealing style."" -Sublime Book Review The residents of tiny Butcherville, Oklahoma love their God-given freedoms so much, they refuse to hire their own police force. When they need a cop, they just call Emmett Hardy, police chief of Burr, the closest neighboring town. Whether it's to break up a fight, dissuade an angry good ol' boy from hunting rabbits with an M-16, or eject an unruly patron from Butcherville's combination strip joint/bookstore, Emmett's always glad to oblige ... that is, until a local business owner's lust for money and power results in a deadly shootout and multiple kidnappings. Suddenly, Emmett's good intentions are fraught with dangerous consequences. Besieged by friend and foe alike, and sabotaged by a fondness for drink that's starting to affect his work, Emmett is the last man standing between a community of honest people trying to do their best with what little they have, and an evil that threatens not only their jobs and homes, but their very lives."

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More character-driven than a typical thriller... and the ability to draw a pistol like cowboys of old. -Authors Reading --- Winner, 2018 PenCraft Award--Best Fiction Book for Where the Hurt Is Praise for Where the Hurt Is, the first Emmett Hardy mystery: 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 Tale Teller A sensational small town crime thriller. --Best Thrillers It is a masterful and moving account of a murder and the racial injustice of;the sixties. --Authors Reading I look forward to reading more and watching Emmett and his police department's experiences. --Richard Rouillard, The Oklahoman

"2022 Indie Book Awards Finalist - Series (Fiction) ""More character-driven than a typical thriller... and the ability to draw a pistol like cowboys of old."" -Authors Reading --- Winner, 2018 PenCraft Award-Best Fiction Book for Where the Hurt Is Praise for Where the Hurt Is, the first Emmett Hardy mystery: ""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 Tale Teller ""A sensational small town crime thriller."" -Best Thrillers ""It is a masterful and moving account of a murder and the racial injustice of;the sixties."" -Authors Reading ""I look forward to reading more and watching Emmett and his police department's experiences."" -Richard Rouillard, The Oklahoman"

Winner, 2018 PenCraft Award--Best Fiction Book for Where the Hurt Is Praise for Where the Hurt Is, the first Emmett Hardy mystery: 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 Tale Teller A sensational small town crime thriller. --Best Thrillers It is a masterful and moving account of a murder and the racial injustice of;the sixties. --Authors Reading I look forward to reading more and watching Emmett and his police department's experiences. --Richard Rouillard, The Oklahoman

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Award-winning author Chris Kelsey is a native Oklahoman now living in Dutchess County, New York. Butcherville is his second novel. In addition to being an author, Chris is also an accomplished jazz saxophonist. He currently teaches instrumental music at Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York.

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