Cutting Edge - John Harvey

Dr Tim Fletcher is just coming off his shift at the hospital where he works. He’s on his way to his girlfriend’s house but never makes it that far. Crossing the pedestrian bridge leading away from the hospital he is viciously attacked and left for dead, maimed and bleeding profusely. It’s his girlfriend who finds him; she comes looking for him when he doesn’t turn up… With no clues and only the vaguest of descriptions to go on, Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick doesn’t really have an awful lot to go on. The usual lines of enquiry lead nowhere, Dr Fletcher has no known enemies, there are no ... more

First Dr Tim Fletcher is hospitalised after being found unconscious and bleeding by his girlfriend Karen. Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick’s Nottingham team of police detectives soon find themselves investigating a series of brutal attacks involving cutting, trying to piece together the evidence. The crimes appear to show the same method, but what connects the three very different victims left for dead? Karen’s previous boyfriend, Ian Carew, a medical student, is certainly a nasty piece of work, but does that justify regarding him as a suspect? At the same time, Resnick’s home life is ... more

I have just finished reading this book, although its a 2-in-1, so I thought I'd write this before I got too far into the second story. I picked this up for 10p in a bookshop sale amongst a box full of other books, I picked it up purely because of the genre, I have no prior knowledge of John Harvey, and I must admit I'm glad that's all I paid for it. Don't get me wrong it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't that great either. Before I get carried away I'll describe it a wee bit. The story begins with a young doctor walking home after his shift, alone, late at night he doesn't realise he's being ... more