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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.
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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'.
Charlie Resnick, jazz-loving police detective in Nottingham, England: Lonely Hearts (Charlie Resnick, #1), Rough Treatment (Charlie Resnick, #2), Cutting...
John Harvey has 229 books on Goodreads with 35326 ratings. John Harvey’s most popular book is Lonely Hearts (Charlie Resnick, #1).
John Harvey is a British writer who has created two popular detective series, featuring Charlie Resnick and Frank Elder. He is also a poet, dramatist and occasional broadcaster.