"Harvey's seventh procedural is smartly paced, slyly humorous, unsentimental about police work, violence, and other alienations of aff ection--altogether one of his best. Just like his first six."--Kirkus Reviews

"John Harvey's Resnick novels are far and away the finest British police procedurals yet written."--GQ

"If Harvey gets any better, the rest of us may have to kill him."--Reginald Hill

Resnick's hands are full enough tracking down the prostitute who is stabbing her clients, without having to babysit a strong-mouthed American crime writer, visiting the city with her husband and prey to threats of violence.