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. And it's up to Resnick to put the record straight - and put the bastard where he belongs.
Charlie ResnickSéries
Cette série suit un détective de police amateur de jazz à Nottingham, en Angleterre, dont la passion pour la musique influence ses enquêtes et sa vie personnelle. Chaque affaire présente des intrigues complexes se déroulant sur fond de vie urbaine britannique réaliste, mêlant suspense et moments de réflexion tranquille. Les récits explorent les complexités de la nature humaine et les ambiguïtés morales auxquelles sont confrontés ceux qui se situent des deux côtés de la loi. C'est une lecture captivante pour les amateurs de fiction policière axée sur les personnages, avec une touche d'âme.
Ordre de lecture recommandé
- 1
- 2
Rough Treatment
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
A series of house break-ins that are too neat to be anything but inside jobs; a missing kilo of coke; a thief with some very nasty habits and another with too tender a heart . . . all add up to John Harvey's second complex and fast-paced police procedural featuring Charlie Resnick.
- 3
Cutting Edge
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
A savage assault with a scalpel leaves Dr Tim Fletcher's body badly slashed in a deserted walkway - the first victim in a series of brutal assaults on hospital staff. As panic grips the city, it's up to Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick to find the killer.
- 4
Off Minor
- 340pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Two little of the same age but very different backgrounds are missing. To Resnick, this is the only connection--until one of the them turns up dead. The fourth mystery in the popular series.
- 5
A series of brutal robberies takes Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick back ten years.
- 6
Cold Light
- 384pages
- 14 heures de lecture
A cabbie’s been beaten up, there’s a drunk and disorderly in the interview room and a possible child abuser is on his way in. Just a pretty normal Christmas Holiday for Resnick and his team. Then Dana Matheison calls to report her flat mate, Nancy, missing. Pretty soon the police have proof that Nancy was kidnapped, and then — as the New Year celebrations wind down — the first tape arrives and Resnick knows they’re dealing with a dangerous psychopath.
- 7
Living Proof
- 288pages
- 11 heures de lecture
When a man is found in the middle of Alfreton Road in the early hours one Sunday morning, stark naked and bleeding heavily from a chest wound, he is the latest in a series of viscous attacks on men.
- 8
"Easy Meat" is crime fiction so close to the bone it is almost like reading the newspapers--except that John Harvey's artistry with words and concern for character bring their ugly events and insoluble issues stunningly alive, transforming headlines into the stuff of human passion. "Harvey's terse style is just about perfect".--"Detroit Free Press".
- 9
Still Water
- 368pages
- 13 heures de lecture
The battered body of a young woman is found floating in the still water of an inner-city canal. Police suspect a serial killer, which makes it a case for the newly formed Serious Crime Squad. Arguing that her friend was the victim of domestic abuse, not the target of some anonymous killer, Hannah persuades Charlie to take on the case.
- 10
Last Rites
- 368pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Lorraine Preston's brother, Michael, was sent down for life for the murder of their father - and now he's being allowed out for their mother's funeral. A hardened criminal, Michael Preston is the last person Resnick wants back on his patch, even if it's only for a matter of hours.
- 11
Cold in Hand
- 496pages
- 18 heures de lecture
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...
- 12
Darkness, Darkness. Resnick's Last Case
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
The final DI Charlie Resnick novel by a bestselling author explores the aftermath of the Miners Strike, where past enmities linger. Resnick, now an inspector, is drawn out of retirement to investigate the murder of a young woman who vanished during the Strike, confronting his tumultuous past in his last case.
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