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Cutting Edge - John Harvey


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Cutting Edge - John Harvey

 
Description: ISBN 0099421534 / Author: Harvey, John / Genre: Crime / Thriller

Newest Review: ... book a really good read for me was the cast of characters. Despite the title of the book, the picture of a blade on the front ... more

 ... cover of the copy I read, and the series of killings, this is not a gory slasher story about a crazed killer going after strangers, but a beautifully written novel about a group of people who work investigating murder and violence. The prose is understated and the investigation painstaking, but the book never dragged for me. Charlie Resnick is the main protagonist, but the story is developed through a whole series of short scenes from different viewpoints. Resnick is a jazz fan who lives in a house he has tried and ...more

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Crowned Review Cutting Edge - John Harvey: Music, Medicine and Mystery (708 words)
by - written on 19/02/05 (Very useful, 134 readings)
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First Dr Tim Fletcher is hospitalised after being found unconscious and bleeding by his girlfriend Karen. Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick’s Nottingham team of police detectives soon find themselves investigating a series of brutal attacks involving cutting, trying to piece together the evidence. The crimes appear to show the same method, but what connects the three very different victims left for dead? Karen’s previous boyfriend, Ian Carew, a medical student, is certainly a nasty piece of work, but does that justify regarding him as a suspect? At the same time, Resnick’s home life is becoming increasingly complicated. On a call out to a hostel for the ...  Read the complete review

 

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