Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick is the protagonist of a series of twelve police procedural novels by British writer John Harvey, based in the city of Nottingham.
However, in an interview on BBC Four on 7 November 2006 John Harvey mentioned that he was working on a new novel in the Resnick series.
In an interview with the BBC on 20 October 2007, it was confirmed that the novel would be entitled Cold in Hand and would see Resnick retire from the police force.
There were two TV movies made about Resnick, based on Lonely Hearts and Rough Treatment, for the BBC in 1992 and 1993, starring Academy Award nominee Tom Wilkinson as the character.
Numerous actors played Resnick, including Tom Wilkinson, reprising his role from the TV series.