Whole Story Audio Books

“When I sit down to write a short story, that's what I do. Every word counts, every pause, every bit of punctuation. With a novel, it's the same. But fuller, longer: and everything still has to earn it's place on the page. As a reader or listener, why would you settle for less?” John Harvey

John Harvey is best known for his richly praised sequence of ten Nottingham-based Charlie Resnick novels, the first of which, Lonely Hearts, was recently chosen by The Times as one of the '100 Best Crime Novels of the Century'. He was also recently awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger for a lifetime's achievement in crime writing.

In the 10 novels and numerous short stories Harvey wrote about Resnick before ending the series, he established his character as a believable ordinary policeman. Resnick investigated ordinary, everyday crime, rooted in the socio-economic plight and drab lives of many people in the city of Nottingham.

In addition to being a novelist, Harvey is also a scriptwriter, poet, and occasional broadcaster. In 1992, Harvey's screenplay for Resnick: Lonely Hearts won a Bronze Medal in the Best TV Drama Series section at The New York Festivals and in 1999, his dramatisation of Graham Greene's The End of The Affair was runner-up in the Sony Radio Drama Awards. In addition to his own Resnick stories, his work for radio includes dramatisations of Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter, The Frederica Quartet by A. S. Byatt, and, most recently, the dramatisation, with Shelley Silas, of Paul Scott's The Raj Quartet.

Living in Nottingham for a good number of years, he has now returned to London to live with his partner and their young daughter.

CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger (2007)
Lonely Hearts named by The Times as one of the Hundred Best Crime Novels of the Last Century.
Last Rites: Sherlock Award for Best Detective Created by a British Author.

"One of the masters of British crime fiction." Sunday Telegraph

For further information about John Harvey, please see:

Mellotone: John Harvey's Webiste