Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick is the protagonist of a series of twelve

police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the protagonist(s), as contrasted with other genres that focus on eith ...

novels by British writer John Harvey, based in the city of Nottingham. Resnick is of Polish descent and loves sandwiches and jazz. The first novel in the series, ''Lonely Hearts'' was published in 1989, and was named by '' The Times'' as one of the "100 Greatest Crime Novels of the Century". What was believed to be the final novel in the series, ''Last Rites'', was published in 1998. However, in an interview on

BBC Four BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002

on 7 November 2006 John Harvey mentioned that he was working on a new novel in the Resnick series. In an interview with the BBC on 20 October 2007, it was confirmed that the novel would be entitled ''Cold in Hand'' and would see Resnick retire from the police force. ''Cold in Hand'' was published in 2008. The final novel ''Darkness, Darkness'' was released in 2013.

The Resnick series

Adaptations

Television

There were two TV movies made about Resnick, based on ''Lonely Hearts'' and ''Rough Treatment'', for the BBC in 1992 and 1993, starring Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson as the character. Screenplays for both were written by Harvey himself.

Radio

Some of the novels have been adapted for radio, with Harvey himself also writing original radio plays featuring the character. They often appear in the rotation on

BBC Radio 4 Extra BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day. It is the sister station of BBC Radio 4 and the p ...

. Numerous actors played Resnick, including Tom Wilkinson, reprising his role from the TV series. The adaptations included: *''Wasted Years'' (1995) - Starring Tom Wilkinson. *''Cutting Edge'' (1996) - Starring Tom Georgeson. *''Slow Burn'' (1998) - Starring Philip Jackson. *''Cheryl'' (2001) - Starring Keith Barron. *''Bird of Paradise'' (2002) - Starring Keith Barron. Sean Baker appeared in all the plays as Sergeant Graham Millington.

References

Resnick, Charlie Resnick, Charlie Novels set in Nottinghamshire {{novel-char-stub