Harvey's Charlie Resnick series is set in Nottingham. His latest book,
Cold In Hand, received rave reviews in the British press. Carla McKay
in the Daily Mail wrote. "Harvey is as good a chronicler of modern
British life as the Ten O'Clock News." Susanna Yager of the Sunday
Telegraph wrote, "His finest book in a long time, if not ever."
Lonely Hearts, his first Resnick novel, was chosen by the London Times
as one of the 100 Best Crime Novels of the Century. Harvey won the
first-ever Sherlock Award for the best detective created by a British
author. He will be in Baltimore Oct. 9-12 for Bouchercon as he's the
International Guest of Honour.
Harvey also is a big jazz fan and wrote a novel titled In a True Light
that takes his main character Sloane into New York jazz clubs. I can
highly recommend this novel that meets the criteria of this list.
Kirkus Review called it "a lovely, jazzy noir Tale of Two Cities"
while the Washington Post said,"A rare example of crime embellished by
art, the crime novel as art." In a blurb, George Pelecanos wrote, "a
pitch-perfect, pulp noir cocktail from a true master." That should be
enough for list members to track the book down. It was published in
the US in TPB in 2003 by Carroll & Graf although I found my copy in
Murder One in London during a trip across the pond.
Harvey distributes a newsletter titled In A Mellotone and his website
is www.mellotone.co.uk.
Kent Morgan
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