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Cold Light (Dead Letter Mystery) (Paperback)

by John Harvey (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 370 pages
  • Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper; Reprint edition (Aug 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0312956037
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312956035
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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John Harvey's Resnick novels are far and away the finest British police procedurals yet written --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

About the Author

John Harvey is the author of the richly praised sequence of ten Charlie Resnick novels, the first of which, Lonely Hearts, was named by The Times as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels of the Century'. In 2004 William Heinemann published Flesh and Blood, the first novel featuring retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder. He is also a poet, dramatist and occasional broadcaster. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another fine Resnick story, 9 Oct 2009
By Jl Adcock "John Adcock" (Ashtead UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Light (Mass Market Paperback)
If further proof were needed that John Harvey's Rensick series is one of the best crime collections around, Cold Light provides it. This mid-series title from the 10 original novels showcases all that is good about Harvey's writing: tight plotting, real, convincing characters, believable settings and an underlying sense of melancholy and despair that runs through the lives of all the people he writes about.

Holding it all together is writing of the finest quality. John Harvey brings his sensibilities as a poet to the craft of crime writing. He never over-does things, but lets the story unfold, and lets the reader fill in some of the blanks.

The books are more powerful as a result, and wonderful to read. At the heart of it all is Charlie Resnick, a man who still cares about what he does, despite being worn down by the sheer effort of it all, and trying to make sense of the madness in the world. Recommended.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Provincial crime thriller, 2 May 2009
This review is from: Cold Light (Mass Market Paperback)
British police procedural starring DI Charlie Resnick in a series of novels based in Nottingham. There's a killer on the loose kidnapping young girls and it gets personal for Resnick when his own female officer is next in line.

A good solid three star read for British crime fans especially if you have local knowledge of this location. I found the whole thing a bit formulaic and cliched.

It's as though Mr Harvey has a checklist which must be ticked.
Local colour- Notts County shirt
Quirky character- loves jazz, calls cat Dizzy
Topical subject- 'cookery' stuff
Hard hitting- some offensive violence (A gratuitous line which I won't repeat but you'll know when you read it)

This is a worthwhile read but just so routine and by the numbers.
This confuses me as Mr Harvey garners rave reviews. I tried an Elder novel for comparison but with the same result.


I could go on but I think Mr Harvey is a very good author who is not a very good crime writer. Towards the end I lost interest and so did Mr Harvey.
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