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John Harvey (born 21 December 1938 in London) is a British author of crime fiction most famous for his series of jazz-influenced Charlie Resnick novels, based in the City of Nottingham. He is also a screenwriter and poet.
John Harvey is a famous British writer of crime fiction, and he is also the writer of a series called Charlie Resnick. Mr. Harvey started out his writing career by writing Western novels with many co-authors such as Terry Harknett, Laurence James, and Angus Wells.
John Harvey (born 21 December 1938 in London) is a British author of crime fiction most famous for his series of jazz-influenced Charlie Resnick novels, based in the City of Nottingham. Harvey has also published over 90 books under various names, and has worked on scripts for TV and radio.
Novelist, poet, dramatist and sometime publisher, John Harvey has been a professional writer for some forty years. The first of his Charlie Resnick series, Lonely Hearts , was named by The Times as one of the 100 most notable crime novels of the last century, and in 2007 he was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for Sustained ...
12 primary works • 13 total works. Charlie Resnick, jazz-loving police detective in Nottingham, England: Book 1. Lonely Hearts. by John Harvey. 3.80 · 2,530 Ratings · 132 Reviews · published 1989 · 39 editions. Shirley Peters is dead. Murdered. Her body is foun… Want to Read. Rate it: Book 2. Rough Treatment. by John Harvey.
John Harvey has 240 books on Goodreads with 35635 ratings. John Harvey’s most popular book is Lonely Hearts (Charlie Resnick, #1).
John Harvey is best known for his richly praised sequence of ten Nottingham-based Charlie Resnick novels, the first of which, Lonely Hearts, was recently chosen by The Times as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels of the Century'.
John Harvey is the author of the richly-praised sequence of ten 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.’
Summary. Five BBC Radio 4 full-cast crime dramas featuring DI Charlie Resnick. 'John Harvey is one of the all-time greats and remains one of my favourite writers.'. - Ian Rankin. Jazz-loving policeman Charlie Resnick is one of the most popular characters in contemporary crime fiction.
Apr 29, 2018 · Veteran crime writer John Harvey talks about the latest in his Charlie Resnick series, Body and Soul. And what makes a convincing character in fiction?
