A crime-thriller novel based in Portland, Maine.

First-time hit woman Silk Rhenko makes a rookie mistake and, as a result, the bodies start piling up in the city.

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  • Maine Public All Books Considered Book Club

    Interviewed by Bill Nemitz, Philip Baker discusses his novel, Hunger Hill, which was selected as the August book for the Maine Public's All Books Considered Book Club.

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  • Bushnell on Books

    The Kennebec Journal book reviewer, Bill Bushnell, described Hunger Hill as a “a tight-knit Portland neighborhood full of colorful, quirky characters.”

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  • Friday Explorations Read Aloud by Joseph Coté

    In conjunction with the Camden Public Library, a local thespian, Joseph Coté, read and reviewed selections from Hunger Hill as part of a weekly program.

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“The characters are very real, and the voice is very human. ”
— Peggy DeBlois, author of The Toll Road North

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