Cold In Hand
  • Published: 30 June 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446492253
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496

Cold In Hand

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30 Jun 2011
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The eleventh DI Charlie Resnick novel from the master of British crime writing.

Two teenage girls are victims of a bloody Valentine's Day shooting; one survives, the other is less fortunate...

It's one of a rising number of violent incidents in the city, and DI Charlie Resnick, nearing retirement, is hauled back to the front line to help deal with the fallout. But when the dead girl's father seeks to lay the blame on DI Lynn Kellogg, Resnick's colleague and lover, the line between personal and professional becomes dangerously blurred.

As Lynn, shaken by this very public accusation, is forced to question her part in the teenager's death, Resnick struggles against those in the force who disapprove of his maverick ways. But when the unimaginable occurs, an emotional Resnick will need all his strength to see justice done.
  • Published: 30 June 2011
  • ISBN: 9781446492253
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 496
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About the author

John Harvey

John Harvey was born in London, where he now lives, while considering Nottingham his spiritual home. Initially a teacher of English & Drama, he has been a full-time writer for more than forty years. The first of his 12 volume Charlie Resnick series, Lonely Hearts was selected by The Times as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels of the Century' and the first Frank Elder novel, Flesh & Blood, won the CWA Silver Dagger in 2004. He was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in the crime genre in 2007, and his story, 'Fedora' won the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2014.

In addition to writing fiction, he has written and published poetry, running Slow Dancer Press for over twenty years; his New & Selected Poems, Out of Silence was published in 2014. He has adapted the work of Arnold Bennett, A. S. Byatt, Graham Greene and others for radio and television, and in 2017, his dramatisation of the final Resnick novel, Darkness, Darkness, was produced at Nottingham Playhouse. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the universities of Hertfordshire and Nottingham.

Also by John Harvey

Inspector Resnick
Body and Soul
Fedora
Darkness, Darkness
Now's The Time
Good Bait
Living Proof
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Praise for Cold In Hand

If anyone deserves to nudge Ian Rankin from his post as Britain's bestselling crime writer, it's Harvey.

Kirkus Review

Impassioned ... heartbreaking ... Confirms Harvey as one of our most accomplished writers in any genre

Sunday Telegraph

Authoritative ... visceral, engaged, and yes, unputdownable

Independent

Sharp plotting, great characterisation and a powerful narrative; it's as good as they get

Observer

Hoodie gang fights, murder, people trafficking, gun-running. Yes, we're back in Nottingham, an ordinary city with everyday British problems, brilliantly chronicled by John Harvey, who paints a better picture of the difficulties police face than the ten o'clock news

Daily Mail

Expertly crafted

Sunday Times
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