Blond Hair, Blue Eyes - (An Emmett Hardy Crime Novel) by Chris Kelsey (Paperback)

About the Book

Burr, Oklahoma, Summer, 1976. A corrupt local politician is shot. The assailant is a homeless and nameless young woman. Was she a lone crazy or was there a deeper, darker reason behind the attack? Emmett Hardy aims to find out.

Book Synopsis

"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.

Review Quotes

"This was another great book that takes us back to Burr, Oklahoma with our favorite characters. Couldn't put this book down from the time it was opened; can't wait to see where he takes us next.." -Jackie Rutherford, NetGalley Reviewer

Reviews of 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." -Best Thrillers on Where the Hurt Is

"It is a masterful and moving account of a murder and the racial injustice of the sixties." -Authors Reading on Where the Hurt Is