John Harvey is the author of the richly praised 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'. His first novel featuring Detective Inspector Frank Elder, Flesh and Blood, won the CWA Silver Dagger in 2004, and a Barry Award for the Best British Crime Novel published in the US in 2004. He is also a poet, dramatist and occasional broadcaster. In 2009 he was made an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Nottingham. For more visit www.mellotone.co.uk
These dark, gritty, crime stories set in the mean streets of modern Britain - in Soho, Sheffield, Nottingham - and peopled by gangsters, cops, drug addicts and prostitutes . . . are compelling * Independent on Sunday * Is there a better . . . writer around than Harvey? Probably not * Kirkus Reviews *