Pre-Owned Darkness, Darkness (Hardcover) by John Harvey

from SamSattler

After twelve novels (all of which I have read) and sixteen short stories (none of which I have read), Charlie Resnick has been firmly, and I assume permanently, put to pasture. Interestingly, author John Harvey chose to send Charlie out more with a whimper than with a roar in Darkness, Darkness: ...

from johnwbeha

So this is Charlie Resnick's last case and I have been with him since the beginning, although I probably read the first one a few years after it was published. Ever since the TV adaptation I have had a clear picture of Tom Wilkinson as Charlie, perfect casting, which always makes reading the book...

from Eyejaybee

Detective inspector Charlie Resnick has seen fine service over the years, since he first appeared in 'Lonely Hearts' in 1989, solving a succession of murders in Nottingham in between consuming elaborately constructed sandwiches and upmarket coffee, looking after his menage of cat and listening to...

from malcrf

Excellent, simply excellent. What a way for Resnick to bow out. Really evocative prose, lovely pacing and gritty. I've not been to Nottingham, but is is richly painted in my mind.

from Eyejaybee

Detective inspector Charlie Resnick has seen fine service over the years, since he first appeared in 'Lonely Hearts' in 1989, solving a succession of murders in Nottingham in between consuming elaborately constructed sandwiches and upmarket coffee, looking after his menage of cat and listening to...