- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd; First Edition edition (27 Aug 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 043400314X
- ISBN-13: 978-0434003143
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.4 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 137,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Tautly written, beautifully plotted... I've never read such consistently good thrillers."
"-Chris Patten
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"If the title King of Crime is to go to the male writer who is at the summit of his form writing some of the best crime fiction this side of the Atlantic, the crown is John Harvey's."
"-The Times" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"-Chris Patten
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"If the title King of Crime is to go to the male writer who is at the summit of his form writing some of the best crime fiction this side of the Atlantic, the crown is John Harvey's."
"-The Times" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was my first John Harvey novel. Did I like it? Suffice to say I was inspired to buy and read all the other nine books in the Charlie Resnick series plus Now's The Time (Resnick short stories). I read the remaining nine in published order and found that author Harvey not only developed Resnick into a rounded character but maintained pace, pathos and sound police procedure. These are bitter-sweet tales revolving around a lonely, frequently-sad career copper and the author's choice of Nottingham - a 'normal' mid-sized English city unlike Hollywood versions of LA or San Francisco - adds to the realism.
Be warned, if you read one Resnick novel - you'll be hooked and want to read all 10.
Be warned, if you read one Resnick novel - you'll be hooked and want to read all 10.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've always rated John Harvey's Resnick novels at least on a par with masters such as Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson. Harvey's work has a harder edge, with some harrowing details here about the descent into the abyss of all the various members of the Snape family. It comes close in tone to William McIlvanney's 'Laidlaw' books in its gritty realism and unsparing [but sympathetic] treatment of the lives of the underclass. Resnick himself is a worthy, if flawed, hero struggling to make sense of the events he is drawn into. He's well contrasted in particular with his bigoted colleague, Divine. Like Rankin's Edinburgh, Nottingham features prominently in Harvey's books. As a resident of that city, I find a pretty recognisable [and not always flattering] picture of the place.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I could write about the wonderful structure of the story, the devlopment of the plot and the ingenius way the story is crafted but I wont. I bought this book at the start of some annual leave and had read it in two days, for me more gripping that the Di Vinci Code because this story is believeable. Highly recommended.
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