Published: 11/07/2024
In the third instalment of Irvine Welsh's bestselling CRIME series, now-former detective Ray Lennox makes a connection between an eminent local and a group of missing foster care boys as he embarks upon a new life in Brighton.
From #1 Sunday Times bestseller Irvine Welsh, the brand new novel in the CRIME series featuring former detective Ray Lennox.
'The truth is what we say the truth is . . .'
Former detective Ray Lennox is determined to start a new life. He has left Edinburgh Police behind for a fresh career and a fresh relationship in Brighton.
Then he meets Mathew Cardingworth. Rich, smooth-talking and immaculately dressed, he is seemingly a pillar of the local community - yet he soon draws Lennox back to a past that he's desperate to forget.
As Lennox identifies the links between Cardingworth, a series of violent attacks and the disappearances of a group of foster care boys, he is forced to ask himself: what must he sacrifice to expose the truth?
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781787334755
Number of pages: 416
Weight: 642 g
Dimensions: 241 x 165 x 37 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Brilliant - Daily Express
Crime is by some distance Welsh's most restrained and thoughtful work - The Times
You never know what you're going to get with Irvine Welsh, other than guaranteed intelligence. But what you get in Crime is a triumph... There's only one Welsh and you should be reading him again - Observer
Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius. He is the best thing that has happened to British writing for decades - Sunday Times
If you like your crime dramas Scottish and sweary, this one's for you - Evening Standard
Trainspotting is the best book ever written by man or woman... Deserves to sell more copies than the Bible - Rebel Inc
Irvine Welsh is more than happy to assault current shibboleths… unsparing… caustic stuff.. those who relish his unvarnished, in-your-face narratives will get more than their money’s worth - Financial Times
Resolution continues the industrially gritty travails of Ray Lennox… slowly developing into one of Welsh’s most enigmatic, enduring and intriguing characters - Scotland on Sunday
Welsh’s crime trilogy reaches a grisly conclusion in this revenge tragedy… [the] plot twists keep the pages turning - Mail on Sunday
There’s no denying…[Welsh’s] ability to plum the more toxic reaches of masculinity and the nightmares they conceal - The Times
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