John Harvey

A collection of poetry powerfully influenced by jazz and painting, and the landscapes of North America and England. There are poems on Chet Baker and Pierre Bonnard, Edward Hopper and Thelonious Monk, exploring the ambivalences of family relationships and love lost and found.

Recently promoted to Detective Inspector in the Major Crime Unit, Lynn Kellogg's rescue of a badly beaten 15-year-old from Eastern Europe links her to an international investigation into people trafficking and gun smuggling. DI Charlie Resnick, her colleague and lover, is hauled back from retirement to help deal with the fallout.

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. Faced with a mass of clues that lead nowhere and a past he cannot forget, it's not long before he's pushed close to breaking point.

She disappeared fifteen years ago. Frank Elder never stopped looking.

Long after Susan Blacklock's disappearance, Detective Inspector Frank Elder has taken early retirement, but the case still plagues his mind - one failure he can never fix.

The prime suspects were jailed for another murder. Now, one of them is on parole - until he vanishes too.

And then the postcards start arriving. Postcards from the killer. Postcards of Elder's daughter...

Jazz-loving policeman Charlie Resnick is one of the most popular characters in contemporary crime fiction. This thrilling collection brings together three dramatisations and two original radio stories starring the Nottingham-based detective, all scripted by his creator, award-winning author John Harvey.

A woman is found murdered in her own home. Tony Macliesh, her rejected boyfriend, is the obvious suspect. But then, another woman is throttled to death. There are too many connections between these seemingly unrelated crimes. DI Resnick is sure that the two murders are the work of one sadistic killer and it’s up to him to track him down.

Twelve short stories featuring Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick. In an inner-city world of struggling heroes and feckless villains, a woman is beaten; a charred body is found in a warehouse: another 4 a.m. call for Charlie Resnick... X rated, contains offensive language.

Little Gloria Summers' body has been found, hidden inside two plastic bin bags in a disused warehouse. Somewhere in the city, a child killer is on the loose, free to strike again. Then Emily Morrison vanishes on a sunny Sunday afternoon. A week later there are still no clues.  Inspector Charlie Resnick is as appalled as the media. But years of patient police work have taught him a thing or two - including his conviction that those who jump to easy conclusions are often the last ones to solve a crime.

A kilo of cocaine. Hardly what two small-time crooks were expecting to find when they broke into TV director Harold Roy's shabby mansion. But nor was Harold's frustrated wife expecting to fall in love with one of the intruders. Now she's going to make a deal with him. But the precious powder belongs to someone else. And he wants it back. Detective Inspector Resnick has a hunch that there's more to this story than meets the eye.