A review by rainierbooks
Body & Soul by John Harvey
4.0
I have read all the Elder novels of John Harvey and a few others, among them the last two Resnick novels. Good old Mr Harvey himself is 80 years old now and it seems that he wants to finish lose ends. His former detective Frank Elder lives in Cornwall, his daughter Katherine in London where she has worked as a model. Katherine is still haunted by experiences long ago when serial killer Adam Keach kidnapped and raped and almost killed her to get to her father who was hunting him. Elder has never been clear of his feeling of guilt towards his daughter.
Then, the painter Anthony Winter gets killed, Katherine having been one of his models.
Harvey is an exceptional crime writer, delivering us a lot of feelings between father-daughter-ex-wife, new detectives and victim and his relatives. He is very good in depicting people in short sketches and really giving them a lot of color and individuality. A craftsman, so to speak.
Then, Elder gets the news that Adam Keach is at large again.
No spoilers here, another good read and hopefully not the last by John Harvey.
Then, the painter Anthony Winter gets killed, Katherine having been one of his models.
Harvey is an exceptional crime writer, delivering us a lot of feelings between father-daughter-ex-wife, new detectives and victim and his relatives. He is very good in depicting people in short sketches and really giving them a lot of color and individuality. A craftsman, so to speak.
Then, Elder gets the news that Adam Keach is at large again.
No spoilers here, another good read and hopefully not the last by John Harvey.