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John Harvey

(1938 - )
aka
Jon Barton, William S Brady, L J Coburn, J B Dancer, John B Harvey, William M James, Terry Lennox, John J McLaglen, James Mann, Thom Ryder, J D Sandon

About John Harvey

John Harvey is best known for his richly praised sequence of ten Nottingham-based Charlie Resnick novels, the first of which, Lonely Hearts, was recently chosen by The Times as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels of the Century'. He is also a poet, dramatist and broadcaster.After living in Nottingham for a good number of years, he has now returned to London to live with his partner and their young daughter.

Series

Scott Mitchell
1. Amphetamines and Pearls (1976)
2. The Geranium Kiss (1976)
3. Junkyard Angel (1977)
4. Neon Madman (1977)

Deathshop (with Jon Barton (John Harvey))
1. Kill Hitler (1976)
2. Forest of Death (1977)
3. Lightning Strikes (1977)

Resnick
1. Lonely Hearts (1989)
2. Rough Treatment (1990)
3. Cutting Edge (1991)
4. Off Minor (1992)
5. Wasted Years (1993)
6. Cold Light (1994)
7. Living Proof (1995)
8. Easy Meat (1996)
9. Still Water (1997)
10. Last Rites (1998)
11. Cold in Hand (2007)
Now's the Time: The Complete Resnick Short Stories (2002)

Frank Elder
1. Flesh and Blood (2004)
2. Ash and Bone (2005)
3. Darkness and Light (2006)

Will Grayson and Helen Walker
1. Gone to Ground (2007)
2. Far Cry (2009)

Novels

Avenging Angel (1975) (with Thom Ryder (John Harvey))
Angel Alone (1975) (with Thom Ryder (John Harvey))
Frame (1979)
Blind (1981)
Endgame (1983) (with James Mann (John Harvey))
Dancer Draws a Wild Card (1985) (with Terry Lennox (John Harvey))
In a True Light (2001)
Trouble in Mind (2007)
Nick's Blues (2008)
Good Bait (2011)

Collections

Ghost of a Chance (poems) (1992)
Bluer Than This (poems) (1998)
Minor Key (2009)
A Darker Shade of Blue (2010)

Anthologies edited

Blue Lightning (1998)
Men from Boys (2003)

Non fiction

The Story of Black (2013)

Awards

Dagger Awards Best Novel winner (2004) : Flesh and Blood

Links to other websites

Mellotone

John Harvey recommends

In the Midnight Hour (2001) (Laura Principal, book 5) Michelle Spring "... elegant, probing."	Sleepy Head (2001) (Tom Thorne, book 1) Mark Billingham "With Sleepyhead, Billingham leaps to the upper echelons of British crime fiction in a single bound."	The Mao Case (2009) (Inspector Chen, book 6) Qiu Xiaolong "With strong and subtle characterisation, Qui Xiaolong draws us into a fascinating world where the greatest mystery revealed is the mystery of present-day China itself."
The Player's Curse (2010) (Bella Wallis Mystery, book 3) Brian Thompson "A glorious heroine."

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