{"product_id":"where-the-hurt-is-an-emmett-hardy-crime-novel-hardcover","title":"Where the Hurt Is: An Emmett Hardy Crime Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Kelsey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Poignant and funny, studded with characters who haunt your imagination long after you've read the final page.\" -Anne Hillerman, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eCave of Bones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOklahoma, 1965. Justice has a color line.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolice Chief Emmett Hardy knows his town. He knows its loyalties, its grudges, and the things people prefer not to see. So when the body of a young Black woman is found dumped beside the railroad tracks-her throat cut, her story erased-Hardy understands one thing immediately: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomebody expects this to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eState authorities move quickly, too quickly, pinning the crime on an easy suspect. Case closed. Problem solved. But Hardy isn't convinced. And the more he digs, the clearer it becomes that the truth leads somewhere dangerous-toward men with power, money, and friends in high places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a town where silence is safer than justice, Hardy must choose: protect his badge and what little peace Burr, Oklahoma still has... or risk everything to expose a killer no one wants unmasked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGritty, sharp, and darkly humane, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere the Hurt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e introduces Emmett Hardy-a flawed but relentless lawman navigating racism, corruption, and his own ghosts in a changing America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome wounds never heal. Some truths refuse to stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Attica Locke and Walter Mosley, this is Southern crime fiction with a conscience-and teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 21, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53476033003887,"sku":"9781685137090","price":34.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/2199\/7167\/files\/LKYu2OJxOm9781685137090.webp?v=1789443085","url":"https:\/\/www.anerdwithabookstore.com\/products\/where-the-hurt-is-an-emmett-hardy-crime-novel-hardcover","provider":"A Nerd with a Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}