Living Proof (A Resnick Novel) [Import] [Paperback]

JOHN HARVEY (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: MANDARIN; New Ed edition (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749318236
• ISBN-13: 978-0749318239
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,927,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

JOHN HARVEY is the author of eleven Charlie Resnick novels and the Frank Elder series, and is a recipient of the Silver Dagger Award, the Barry Award, and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement, among other honors.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lackluster Effort in the Series, May 10, 2000

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This review is from: Living Proof (Paperback)

This entry is a little more gimmicky and doesn't quite work as well as its predecessors in the Charlie Resnick series. It centers around a real-life mystery book and film convention in Nottingham, as an American writer of a lesbian series is attacked by feminists and receives threatening letters. Meanwhile, a number of men have been apparently attacked by the prostitute they picked up. Too much attention is given to the convention, which seems kind of hokey somehow, and the prostitute murders aren't particularly satisfying.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great British police procedural...fantastic characters!, August 13, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Living Proof: A Charlie Resnick Novel (Hardcover)

The Charlie Resnick mystery series by John Harvey ranks, in my opinion, with John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee and Robert Parker's Spenser. I normally do not like British novels, but have completely been taken with Harvey's characters, especially Charlie Resnick. These books are very realistic from a police standpoint, but are even more so in showing the character's strengths and weaknesses. I have enjoyed all of Harvey's Resnick books (Cold Light, Living Proof, Cutting Edge, Lonely Hearts and one other that I forget at the moment). I highly recommend this series.