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Chris Kelsey

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in Bangor, Maine, The United States

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http://www.chriskelsey.com

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Mystery, Crime, Thriller

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March 2013

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Chris Kelsey's first novel, Where the Hurt Is, won the 2018 Pencraft Award for Fiction Book of the Year. He's currently Director of Instrumental Music at Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, NY. ...more

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Average rating: 4.26 · 2,248 ratings · 221 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Where the Hurt Is 4.21 avg rating — 1,646 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Butcherville 4.32 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Junker Blues 4.41 avg rating — 193 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ain't Nothin' Personal (An Emmett Hardy Crime Novel) 4.48 avg rating — 178 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Attack of the Contrafact, Vol. 1, for C Instruments: Jazz Lines for the Adept and Incautious by Chris Kelsey (Goodreads Author), Lisa Kelsey (Cover_design) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chris Kelsey made a comment on Garth Slater’s review of Blond Hair, Blue Eyes: An Emmett Hardy Crime Novel " No idea. I've never read any of her books. Judging by your review, however, I'd like to think so! :-) ...more "
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“The scrublands and pastures glowed like an ocean of fireflies in the light of the full moon. I reckon you might say it was a beautiful sight, but I barely noticed. I’ve been living here so long, sometimes I’m blind to the things that make it special.”
― Chris Kelsey, Where the Hurt Is

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Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner

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9 votes, 29.0%

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A Deadly Influence by Mike Omer

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Where the Hurt Is by Chris Kelsey

2 votes, 6.5%

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