Another Kind of Hero

by Lynn Hesse

At forty Helen Kendall is divorced, full-figured, and big-haired. She enjoys working at the Pick'n Pay and running the show until sleazy David Hoffman becomes the assistant manager. Helen's plan to get David fired includes her older sister's help. Mavis says, "No," because the last fiasco infuriated her husband and tarnished her reputation at the church. Mavis resists until her best friend, Wanda, communicates from the beyond concerned about her godson's push-animal parties and a drug-related murder.

Unbeknownst to the Kendall sisters, undercover DEA Agent Dewey Blackmon is investigating the drug pipeline running through Forsyth off I-75. Dewey suspects David is laundering money through the PIck'n Pay.

These two plots converge when a casket of drugs and money at the Pick'n Pay storeroom makes the body count rise. The loyalty and love between family, friends, and partners in small-town America is threatened when two strangers carrying guns come to Forsyth...

142 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 21, 2018

About the author

Lynn Hesse is an award-winning author of the novels Well of Rage, Murder in Mobile, Another Kind of Hero, A Matter of Respect, Murder in Mobile, Book 2, and The Forty Knots Burn. Her last two novels won the 2023 Georgia Independent Authors Association Awards for Best Police Procedural, Best Cover Adult Fiction, Best Suspense/Thriller, and the Spotlight on Georgia Fiction. The Underground Chameleon, An Android Against Authoritarianism, her latest sci-fi novel, went live in 2024. Her new historical fantasy is Part of the Stars, Tale of a Boston Mountains Midwife, 2025.

The DeKalb Voices Review published the literary piece “Unceasing” in 2024. Malice, Matrimony, & Murder, A Collection of 25 Wedding Cozy Mystery & Crime Fiction Stories contains “Sabotage and A Murder Mystery” by Lynn, published November 2023 by Marla Bradeen. “Shrewd Women” was reprinted in Crimeucopia, Boomshalalaking, Modern Crimes in Modern Times, UK in June 2023 and published by Onyx Publications and Discovery Podcast in 2022. Bitter Love” appeared in Crimeucopia, The I’s Have It by Murderous Ink Press, 2021, UK. “Jewel’s Hell” was in the Me Too Short Stories: An Anthology edited by Elizabeth Zelvin, published in 2019 by Level Best Books.
An interview and video featuring Lynn’s role as a police officer, “Blue Steel,” are housed in the Georgia State University Special Collections and Archives. She performs in several dance and theatrical troupes in Atlanta, Georgia. The dandelion is one of her performance personas.
Lynn left law enforcement to write and lives with her husband and his six rescue cats near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

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Reviews

[Randi D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Another Kind of Hero" is a uniquely written crime story. Besides the typical characters one would expect in a story, it also involves a ghost as one of the main characters who often narrates the action she sees and hears around her. The plot is divided into short excerpts that shift to other scenes and focus on the various characters and their current situations. The characters are ordinary, real people with their flaws as well as their good qualities clearly depicted. The language can be a little coarse in some places, but it seems appropriate and fits well with the characters’ personalities. Normally I would not read this kind of novel, but the author Lynn Hesse is a fellow writer friend of mine so I wanted to read her award winning novel. Lynn did a great job “pulling” me into the story with her outstanding writing skills. As a retired English teacher, I give her a score of A.

[Marlene Buchanan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lynn Hesse is a retired police detective. She knows her business about writing mysteries. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I wont tell you about my favorite character because it would be a spoiler, but she is a great addition to the story. I found Hesse's treatment of this story line intriguing and enjoyable. Like a mystery? Love this book.

[Jackie Rogers · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a funny crime book. The criminals are stupid and the FBI struggles. Takes mormal folks to help them nab the crazy guys and gals. Thanks to Goodreads.

[ChillwithabookAWARD With · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another Kind of Hero by Lynn Hesse has received a Chill with a Book Readers' Award. http://www.chillwithabook.com