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'John Harvey writes the way we all wish we could write. Elegiac and eloquent, his stories are filled with the blood of true character.' Michael Connelly
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Lorraine Preston's brother, Michael, was sent down for life for the murder of their father - and now he's being allowed out for their mother's funeral. A hardened criminal, Michael Preston is the last person Resnick wants back on his patch, even is it's only for a matter of hours. Heartsore and world-weary, Resnick is struggling to contain an explosive situation on the streets, where the spread of guns has led to a frightening escalation in drug-related crime. The local force, meanwhile, is riven by internal rivalries and rumours of corruption. With his previously stable relationship with Hannah Campbell wavering, Resnick is forced back on his self-belief, his understanding of people. Why - himself included - they do the things they do.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the final book in the Inspector Resnick series. The author says in the preface there will be no more. If you enjoyed the previous books in the series, this offers more of the same ; Resnick 's life in and out of a Nottingham police station. But, since this is the final book, many of the loose ends from previous stories are tied off in a satisfactory and unusually upbeat manner. I am a fan of the Resnick novels and thoroughly enjoyed this one too.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Not the best (for me it's 'Wasted Years') but a fitting end to the Resnick series. The most engaging fictional cop presides over the inevitable downbeat plot, while the one possible upbeat ending, prefaced throughout the series, actually happens. The only soppy bit in ten books? Thanks for about 12 years enjoyment to Mr Harvey.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Running Out Steam...
28 Jan 2000
Format:Hardcover
The not-so-grand finale in the Charlie Resnick series certainly exhibits the signs of Harvey's weariness with the series. The highly predictable main plot features an escaped murderer with a sordid childhood, and is the least interesting element of the book. The police efforts to stem a series of drug-related killings brings in a number of minor players from past books and is somewhat more interesting. But of course it is the developments in Resnick's private and professional life that drives the book and rescues it in the end.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Will be sadly missed
5 Jan 2000
Format:Hardcover
I did not realize until nearly at the end that this was the last of the Resnick novels. I'm embarassed to admit that he has become a part of my life and that I awaited his next installment like a child on the first day of school. I feel like my life will somehow be incomplete without the wisdom of Charlie but anxiously await the latest character.
This series will be well worth the attention.
Great end to a great series
14 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sadly, this great series comes to an end. A remarkably consistent set of stories, each touching on a different social issue. Harvey is a genius at developing characters, some who seem destined to be fixtures only to leave the series due to death or other causes but who remain in Charlie's memory in later stories. Poor Charlie, who stumbles into relationships in one novel only to see it end in later ones. Living with his four cats amidst constant jazz, and spending time at Polish events to refresh his Polish roots, Charlie Resnick became a close friend. Of all the British police procedural characters, Charlie is the one I'd most like to meet and befriend. I suspect John Harvey misses him too.
A word of caution. This series is best read in sequence, precisely because they are in fact one continuous story of one man's remarkable life.
A word of caution. This series is best read in sequence, precisely because they are in fact one continuous story of one man's remarkable life.
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