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Summary: Resnick's final appearance is a police procedural winner
Review: In 1986, career criminal Michael Preston was sentenced to spend life in jail after being convicted of first degree in the murder of his father. Twelve years later, as part of a more compassionate prison system, two relatively inexperienced prison guards escort Michael to the funeral of his mother. Michael attacks his guards with a razor blade and manages to escape. Inspector Charlie Resnick and his team are assigned to the case. They begin questioning the guards and follow up with Michael's family. He soon starts linking Michael's activities to a growing drug war between two rival gangs. Charlie also realizes that somehow Michael's sister Loretta fits into the equation. With two more murders to Michael's credit, Charlie also knows that he must recapture Michael before more people die. The tenth and final Charlie Resnick police procedural is an excellent tale. Readers will feel sad that the series is over (according to John Harvey), but glad that they had the opportunity to read such a fabulous collection of tales. The story line of LAST RITES is vintage Resnick. It ties together two seemingly divergent plots into one wonderful novel. Charlie and the support cast remain fresh, but this time Mr. Harvey ties up most of the loose ends left from the previous books. In the cold light of day, fans of the sub-genre will miss Charlie. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Will be sadly missed
Review: I did not realize until nearly at the end that this was the last of the Resnick novels. I'm embarassed to admit that he has become a part of my life and that I awaited his next installment like a child on the first day of school. I feel like my life will somehow be incomplete without the wisdom of Charlie but anxiously await the latest character. This series will be well worth the attention.
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Summary: Will be sadly missed
Review: I did not realize until nearly at the end that this was the last of the Resnick novels. I'm embarassed to admit that he has become a part of my life and that I awaited his next installment like a child on the first day of school. I feel like my life will somehow be incomplete without the wisdom of Charlie but anxiously await the latest character. This series will be well worth the attention.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: Mr. Harvey, how can you leave us to be a publisher? Charlie deserves to go on and on and on.
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Summary: Author's thanks & comments about future books
Review: Thanks for featuring the 10th & final Charlie Resnick novel, "Last Rites." I'd just like to point out that this coming September, Slow Dancer Press is publishing "Now's The Time", which features all 11 Charlie Resnick short stories - also that there's a fairly recent book of my poetry available - "Bluer Than This", published by Smith/Doorstop. Hope readers enjoy these too!
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Summary: Running Out Steam...
Review: The not-so-grand finale in the Charlie Resnick series certainly exhibits the signs of Harvey's weariness with the series. The highly predictable main plot features an escaped murderer with a sordid childhood, and is the least interesting element of the book. The police efforts to stem a series of drug-related killings brings in a number of minor players from past books and is somewhat more interesting. But of course it is the developments in Resnick's private and professional life that drives the book and rescues it in the end.
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