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review Cold Light Charles Resnick #6 John Harvey  4 Free read Cold Light Charles Resnick #6 Free read é 104 'Forty eight hours that's what they reckon isn't it Forty eight hours If you don't find them in that likely they're sodding dead'A cabbie's just been beaten up there's a drunk and disorderly in the interview room and a possible child abuser on the way. This was a fastpaced murder and kid knapping mystery It took place in London England The character development was wonderful The suspense was very good It kept me at the edge of my seat I recommend this book highly Enjoy and Be Blessed Diamond

review Cold Light Charles Resnick #6 John Harvey  4 Free read Cold Light Charles Resnick #6 Free read é 104 In Nothing unusual there then just a pretty normal Christmas holiday for DI Resnick and his teamNormal that is until Dana Matthieson calls to report her flatmate Nancy missingDana's had a pretty grim Christmas herself she's been sexually harassed by. This is a detailed and competent police procedural with generally strong writing You really get a sense of how law enforcement operates and the burdens it places on police both professionally and personally It s readable if perhaps a bit overlongBut it could have been a whole lot better There are almost thirty characters of conseuence which is a lot for a reader to keep straight and a number of the side stories end up having no relation to the plot With that many characters it is difficult for many of them to be fully developed and the police people ends up seeming either bland or reduced to a single characteristicIt s hard somehow not to like Resnick though I have difficulty figuring out why He is the usual formerly married police guy with uirks his are jazz and food Like Dell Shannon s Luis Mendoza he has four cats all named after jazz musicians His relationships with women are a mess and while he is not an abuser he is also not reliable One night he mistakenly books two dates does not show up for either one work intervened and never calls either woman to say he can t make itMost things in the book are reasonably good Unfortunately the plot is not one of them There is not an orderly process to resolution and the ending comes suddenly though there is some annoying foreshadowing The perpetrator is a bit of a cliche and so is the way everything sorts itself out at the endI must say that having now read two Harvey books I sure don t have any interest in visiting Nottingham

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review Cold Light Charles Resnick #6 John Harvey  4 Free read Cold Light Charles Resnick #6 Free read é 104 Her boss and may even have lost her job as well as her friend 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 psychopa. Most book series reuire the reader to start at the beginning because of development of characterization But with John Harvey s engaging 6th Charlie Resnick novel Cold Light those rules do not applyA few minor adjustments to Charlie Resnick have already transpired in previous novels but to read Cold Light out of seuence will not impair your understanding of this gripping tour de forceMuch like other intelligent page turning British authors Susan Hill Jim Kelly and Mark Billingham John Harvey can tell a story using simple prose and sharp dialogue and still keep the reader betrothed in the busy lives of his interesting three dimensional charactersIn Cold Light the issue of domestic abuse abounds with gritty sometimes harrowing descriptions of two main characters Gary and Michelle Even in Harvey s poetic storytelling the issue of abuse may be too difficult to read at times But the fast paced story keeps you flipping pages to see what will happen nextAnd of course in every mystery novel a murder transpires Amid the usual day to day police procedure Resnick soon fancies himself with the victim s Nancy flat mate and friend Dana Matheison The interaction between the vulnerable Matheison and the compulsive Resnick is spellbinding enough to warrant a solid read The chemistry between both characters in chapter twenty three is strong and rivetingTo understand where Charlie Resnick came from and his complicated background readers might want to begin the journey with Lonely Hearts the first Charlie Resnick novel Be prepared to read the book in one sitting Recommended