When a man is found in the middle of Alfreton Road in the early hours one Sunday morning, stark naked and bleeding heavily from a chest wound, he is the latest in a series of viscous attacks on men.

Enquiries in the mean-streets of Nottingham's red-light district have brought the investigations to a dead end.

Charlie Resnick is the man for the job. And as if he hasn't had enough to deal with, he now has to provide police protection for a celebrity at the annual crime convention - an author with the some very unpleasant 'fan' mail.

Chronically short-staffed as he is, it's a guessing game as to when Resnick's lack of manpower will have fatal consequences.

'King of Crime.' The Times

'John Harvey is lights out one of the best.' Michael Connelly

'A worthy addition to the increasingly indispensable Resnick series.' Maxim Jakubowski, Time Out

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