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- Publisher: Mandarin (1996)
- ISBN-10: 0091870283
- ISBN-13: 978-0091870287
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,888,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Cutting Edge (A Resnick novel)
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
although i'm not much of a mystery reader, i read this book since it was set in nottingham. i felt i learned some about the city--and not just that it has slasher attacks and rapes. the mystery part of the book gets intriguing about half way through--though this may be a genre feature. there's a lot of introduction in the first half: the cast of characters, tidbits of suspicion. once it gets going, i didn't want to put it down. after reading the book, i felt satisfied with the mystery's resolution but a part of me felt that i was left hanging. then i realized that it was because i had become interested in the detectives and their families and little was resolved with regards to them. aha! now i want to read the rest of the series! very clever! if you haven't read any of the resnick series, you might be interested in reading the first one first as i feel now that i've missed a little history.
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John Harvey's characters are real and his plots very good. It is a worthwhile read.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Solid Series Rebound
25 Aug 1999
Format:Paperback
The third of the Charlie Resnick procedurals, this one brings the quality back up after the somewhat disappointing Rough Treatment. This may be because the stakes are raised back to the level of the first book Lonely Hearts. In this one, someone is slicing up hospital workers, and the motivation is a rather interesting one. There's also a side plot involving a man who won't take no for an answer. There's the usual business with some delving into the messed-up private lives of the police, Charlie takes in a wino jazz saxophonist, and has his ex-wife turn up again. Whets the appetite for Off Minor.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A timeless classic crime thriller
1 Jun 1998
Format:Paperback
Police Officer Charlie Resnick is assigned to investigate a series of vicious assaults on the staff of the large English hospital. The culprit is a pro with a surgeons scalpel as he carves his victims in such a manner as to end their medical careers. Tim Fletcher is the first victim, but others quickly follow.
Charlie soon realizes that the slasher is not only good with the knife, he understands the inner psyche of his victims and their families. A desperate Charlie concludes that only a medical person could do the professional incisions of the attacks and only a medical person could so understand where to place the maiming so as to destroy the victim both physically and mentally. Charlie knows he must stop this serial slasher before the body count requires astronomical numbers to keep track.
If not consistently the best, the Charlie Resnick British police procedurals are one of the top five series on the market today. CUTTING EDGE is a reprint of a classy novel first released in 1991. The who-done-it and the police elements are well written and fun to read on their own account. However, what makes this novel and the eight tales worth reading is John Harvey's insight into the personal lives of his characters to the point that the reader feels good about being a peeping Harriet.
Harriet Klausner
CHARLIE
12 April 2011
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"CHARLIE" as he is so affectionately called, just keeps getting better and better as the books go on. I've read through the first three and have just ordered the next three. I'm intent on reading the entire series. John Harvey has created a most interesting man.
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