Summary: 12 Resnick tales (each named for a Charlie Parker song) Best: Billie's Blues with Resnick & Eileen=ex-stripper/gangland boss mistress on the run=in fear for her life, the title tale stars Jazz musician=Ed Silver (from Cutting Edge), a thief is undone by My Little Suede Shoes, in Bird of Paradise Jerry Grabianski=art thief (from Rough Treatment) falls in love with a nun, smirking/irredeemable Nicky (of the Snape family in Easy Meat and Last Rites) appears in Dexterity, teen slightly bent-shop operator=Ray-o-Cooke/uncle Terry & his criminal pals (in Last Rites) appear in 4 tales (dont miss She Rote about the teen who gets sweet-talked into a pregnancy; the other three are Confirmation, Work and Stupendous are lesser), in Cool Blues Charlie is after the serial robber whose aliases include members of Duke Ellingtons band. From old foes to upstart pretenders, the city & the jazz-soaked, night world of Charlie Resnick come vividly to life; a woman is beaten, a charred body is found in a warehouse and Charlie gets another 4AM call.
Review: I agree that these tales are a treat (with Tangled Web), that even the lesser tales are full of fine dialogue from lowlifes you'd never imagined (with Kirkus) a perfect ending for the wonderful Charlie Resnick series that was among the best of the 1990s (with Booklist and Tangled Web).
Review: I agree that these tales are a treat (with Tangled Web), that even the lesser tales are full of fine dialogue from lowlifes you'd never imagined (with Kirkus) a perfect ending for the wonderful Charlie Resnick series that was among the best of the 1990s (with Booklist and Tangled Web).
