Thirty years ago, the British Minersâ Strike threatened to tear england apart, turning neighbor against neighbor, husband against wife, father against sonâenmities which still smolder.Charlie Resnick, recently promoted to Detective Inspector and ambivalent, at best, about some of the police tactics used in the Strike, had run an surveillance-gathering unit at the heart of the dispute.Now, in virtual retirement, the discovery of the body of a young woman who disappeared during the Strike brings Resnick back to the front line to assist in the investigation into the womanâs murderâforcing him to confront his pastâin what will assuredly be his last case . . . as well as Johnâs Harveyâs final Charlie Resnick novel.
Thirty years ago, the British Minersâ Strike threatened to tear england apart, turning neighbor against neighbor, husband against wife, father against sonâenmities which still smolder.Charlie Resnick, recently promoted to Detective Inspector and ambivalent, at best, about some of the police tactics used in the Strike, had run an surveillance-gathering unit at the heart of the dispute.Now, in virtual retirement, the discovery of the body of a young woman who disappeared during the Strike brings Resnick back to the front line to assist in the investigation into the womanâs murderâforcing him to confront his pastâin what will assuredly be his last case . . . as well as Johnâs Harveyâs final Charlie Resnick novel.