Now's the time

"Gathered together here are 12 short stories featuring Resnick, including a new story written especially for this edition. From old foes to upstart pretenders, the city and the jazz-soaked, night-time world of Charlie Resnick come vividly to life."
"Charlie Resnick goes to London to the funeral of Ed Silver, a friend and jazz saxophonist. While there he encounters Brenda, a young runaway, now working as a prostitute, and goes to hear Spike Robinson at a jazz club."@en
"A woman is beaten; a charred body is found in a warehouse: another 4 a.m. call for Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick. Gathered together in NOW'S THE TIME are twelve short stories featuring Resnick - lover of justice, jazz and cats. "Billie's Blues" is a new story written especially for this collection, reuniting Resnick with the troubled, beautiful Eileen, former stripper and mistress of a gangland boss, now on the run and in fear for her life. From old foes to upstart pretenders, the city and the jazz-soaked, night-time world of Charlie Resnick come vividly to life."@en