The first DI Charlie Resnick novel, from the master of British crime writing.
_____The first book in the DI Charlie Resnick series, from the master of British crime writingShirley Peters is dead. And it’s up to Resnick to put the record straight – and put the bastard where he belongs.
The first DI Charlie Resnick novel, from the master of British crime writing._____The first book in the DI Charlie Resnick series, from the master of British crime writingShirley Peters is dead. Murdered. Her body is found twelve hours later in her own home. Just one of the many sordid domestic crimes hitting the city. Tony Macliesh, her rejected boyfriend, is the obvious prime suspect and he's just been picked off the Aberdeen train and put straight into custody.But then another woman is sexually abused and throttled to death. And suddenly there appears to be one too many connections between these seemingly unrelated crimes.Detective Inspector Resnick is sure that the two murders are the work of one sadistic killer - two lonely hearts broken by one maniac. And it's up to Resnick to put the record straight - and put the bastard where he belongs.
“John Harvey's Resnick novels are far and away the finest British police procedurals ever written”
John Harvey's Inspector Charlie Resnick sequence has set the benchmark for the British police procedural -- Val McDermid
GQ
John Harvey is the author of the richly praised 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'. His first novel featuring Frank Elder, Flesh and Blood, won the CWA Silver Dagger in 2004, and a Barry Award for the Best British Crime Novel published in the US in 2004. In 2007 John Harvey was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger and in 2009 he was awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, by the University of Nottingham.To find out more about John Harvey visit his website at-
Shirley Peters is dead. Murdered. Her body is found twelve hours later in her own home. Just one of the many sordid domestic crimes hitting the city. Tony Macliesh, her rejected boyfriend, is the obvious prime suspect and he's just been picked off the Aberdeen train and put straight into custody. But then another woman is sexually abused and throttled to death. And suddenly there appears to be one too many connections between these seemingly unrelated crimes. Detective Inspector Resnick is sure that the two murders are the work of one sadistic killer - two lonely hearts broken by one maniac. And it's up to Resnick to put the record straight -and put the bastard where he belongs. 'Harvey plays it note perfect in a plot so solidly built you could pick it up and bounce it. Suspenseful, humane and satisfying.' Literary Review 'John Harvey's Resnick novels are far and away the finest British police procedurals yet written.' GQ Fiction
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