John Harvey

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born

December 21, 1938 in London, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://www.mellotone.co.uk/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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aka Jon Barton, William S. Brady (with Angus Wells), L.J. Coburn (with Laurence James), J.B. Dancer (with Angus Wells), John B. Harvey, William M. James (with Terry Harknett and Laurence James), Terry Lennox, John J. McLaglen (with Laurence James), James Mann, Thom Ryder, J.D. Sandon (with Angus Wells)

John Harvey (born 21 December 1938 in London) is a British author of crime fiction most famous for his series of jazz-influenced Charlie Resnick novels, based in the City of Nottingham. Harvey has also published over 90 books under various names, and has worked on scripts for TV and radio. He also ran Slow Dancer Press f...more

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John Harvey isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

Reading Matters: ‘The Art of Fielding’

Photo © Molly Boiling

Seeing that I was about to start reading Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding, my friend, Pete, remarked that he’d liked it and finished it in two days. Two days? This was a chunky 500 page plus hardback, for heaven’s sake.

I knew Pete had recently retired, but he was still keeping his hand in, academically speaking, and then there was always the golf course, so I couldn’t im...

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Books by John Harvey

Average rating: 3.72 · 2,555 ratings · 362 reviews · 99 distinct works

	Lonely Hearts (Charles Resnick, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Ash & Bone (Frank Elder, #2) 3.72 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Flesh & Blood (Frank Elder, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Cold in Hand (Charles Resnick, #11) 3.74 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Gone to Ground (Will Grayson and Helen Walker, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 130 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	Far Cry 3.56 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Darkness & Light (Frank Elder, #3) by John Harvey, Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.68 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Rough Treatment (Charles Resnick, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Cold Light (Charles Resnick, #6) 3.92 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Cutting Edge (Charles Resnick, #3) 3.85 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	My rating:

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Series by John Harvey

Charles Resnick (11 books)
by John Harvey

3.88 avg rating — 1,080 ratings

Frank Elder (3 books)
by John Harvey, Otto Penzler (Goodreads Author) (Editor)

3.65 avg rating — 462 ratings

Scott Mitchell (3 books)
by John Harvey

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings

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