COLD IN HAND
Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick returns in Harvey's new thriller, albeit perhaps a more domesticated man. With his favorite blues and jazz playing in the background, Resnick and Kellogg have reached a comfortable accommodation with their work and their private lives. Intervening in a knife fight between two teenagers in a gang-infested Nottingham neighborhood, Kellogg is involved in an unfortunate incident: a gun is discharged, hitting Kellogg and another victim. Since English officers don't usually carry firearms, the situation is particularly ominous, leading to concerns of an infusion of illegal weapons into the city, a city already compromised by poverty, unemployment and rampant drug abuse.