Author: John Harvey
Series: Charlie Resnick Mysteries #5
Narrator: Ron Keith
Unabridged: 10 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 04/29/2011
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
John Harvey is an incredibly prolific British mystery writer. The author of more than one hundred books, as well as poetry and scripts for television and radio, Harvey did not begin writing professionally until 1975. Until then he was a teacher, educated at Goldsmiths College, London, who taught literature, drama, and film at colleges across England. After cutting his teeth on paperback fiction, Harvey debuted his most famous character, Charlie Resnick, in 1989's Lonely Hearts, which the English Times called one of the finest crime novels of the century.
There was a feeling of melancholy throughout this one, true to the title, Wasted Years. Although this is a police procedural, it is even more a character study of Charles Resnick the man. As readers of the first four books in the series know, Resnick and his wife, Elaine, parted company in the recen......more
The title of this entry refers to two things: a look back at Charlie Resnick's failed marriage, with his hours on the job compounded by his wife's infidelity; and a look back at a case where Charlie confronted a career thief with a shotgun, a tense moment that ended with the criminal going to jail f......more
I would never give any authors work less than 3 stars as I respect the work that goes into a book. This was good in places but found it hard going and struggled to finish it. It's an OK read but not quite for me. It hasn't put me off reading other Charles Resnick books. I'll give him another go.......more