Charles Resnick Mysteries: Lonely Hearts (Paperback)

from Eyejaybee

Published thirty years ago, this was the first novel by John Harvey, and introduced his principal protagonist, Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick. Having grown up in the East Midlands, I was particularly drawn by the Resnick stories and their Nottingham setting. Just as with Ian Rankin's books f...

from wildbill

This is the first volume in an English mystery series whose lead character is a Detective Inspector named Charlie Reznick. He is always a bit disheveled with something from breakfast on his tie and lives alone with four cats. He listens to Billie Holliday and Duke Ellington and likes to cook a li...

from malcrf

Low key, but compelling

from pollygarter

This is a deeply satisfying many-layered work, typical of John Harvey's carefully plotted work. His use of descriptive detail creates a world that jumps off the page- Nottingham is a real world peopled with believable charcters. In Resnick, we have a detective with flaws of a human kind who does ...

from fordbarbara

policeman. At end of series, does cameos in Harvey's new series.