John Harvey: Cold Light (USA 2008)

From the Publisher:
"Charlie Resnick is one of the most fully realized characters in modern crime fiction." -- Sue Grafton
"Such satisfying reading. No wasted time here." -- Publishers Weekly

When Nancy Phelan, a young woman who works at the housing office, is kidnapped from outside the office's Christmas party, suspicion falls on a young client who attacked her earlier that day. Little in Resnick's life is that simple, however, especially at Christmas, and as the mystery of Nancy's disappearance deepens, the most trusted of his team, Lynn Kellogg, unwittingly puts herself in the path of a dangerous psychopath.

John Harvey: Cold Light. Bywater Books/Bloody Brits Press, ISBN: 1932859578 (October, 2008), 312 p., $14.95.

John Harvey: Cold Light (UK 2006)

From the Publisher:
'Forty-eight hours, that's what they reckon, isn't it? Forty-eight hours. If you don't find them in that, likely they're sodding dead...'

A cabbie's just been beaten up, there's a drunk and disorderly in the interview room and a possible child abuser on the way in. Nothing unusual there, then, just a pretty normal Christmas holiday for DI Resnick and his team.

Normal, that is, until Dana Matheison calls to report her flatmate, Nancy, missing.

Dana's had a pretty grim Christmas herself: she's been sexually harassed by her boss, and may even have lost her job as well as her friend. Pretty soon the police have proof that Nancy was kidnapped, and then - as the New Year celebrations wind down - the first tape arrives, and Resnick knows they're dealing with a dangerous psychopath...

John Harvey: Cold Light. A Resnick Novel. Arrow, ISBN: 0099421577 (October, 2006), 384 p., £6.99.

John Harvey: Cold Light (UK 1995)

From the Publisher:
A cabbie's been beaten up, there's a drunk and disorderly in the interview room and a possible child abuser is on his way in. Just a pretty normal Christmas Holiday for Resnick and his team. Then Dana Matheison calls to report her flat mate, Nancy, missing. Pretty soon the police have proof that Nancy was kidnapped, and then -- as the New Year celebrations wind down -- the first tape arrives and Resnick knows they're dealing with a dangerous psychopath.

John Harvey: Cold Light. A Resnick Novel. Mandarin, ISBN: 074931818X (October, 1995), 374 p., £5.99.

John Harvey: Cold Light (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
On the first day of Christmas...
A cabbie was bludgeoned by a skinhead, a woman went missing, and a police inspector named Resnick opened a present to himself: the complete works of Billie Holiday.

On the second day of Christmas...
Lady Day's voice turned even bluer, the missing woman was still missing, and her time was running out.

John Harvey is a mystery writer with the soul of a poet. Charlie Resnick is his unforgettable cop hero. And this is the best crime fiction being written today...

John Harvey: Cold Light. A Charlie Resnick Mystery. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312956037 (August, 1995), 370 p., $4.99.