Easy Meat: (Resnick 8)

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The eighth DI Charlie Resnick novel, from the master of British crime writing. Why would a fifteen-year-old boy commit suicide Mind you, who cares when he's a no-good kid on trial for bludgeoning an elderly couple to death But when the senior investigating officer is then found brutally murdered, DI Charlie Resnick is put on the case, and uncovers some sinister and startling revelations. It also brings Resnick into contact with Hannah Campbell, with whom he finds himself falling unexpectedly and awkwardly in love.

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This novel has joy, warmth and extreme violence: the compulsion to turn the page is almost painful * Mail on Sunday *
Easy Meat is...a first-class story with a clever plot and believable characters, crafted by a writer on top form * The Times *
Tautly written, beautifully plotted... I've never read such consistently good thrillers -- Chris Patten

Author Bio

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 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. In 2007 John Harvey was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger and in 2009 he was awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, by the University of Nottingham. To find out more about John Harvey visit his website at- www.mellotone.co.uk