Crime - Couverture souple

'Powerful, passionate writing on the serious subject of child abuse and its survivors, of guilt, mortality and innocence... Welsh gets it just right' Literary Review

Bereft of both youth and ambition, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox has fled to Miami to escape the aftermath of a mental breakdown induced by stress and cocaine abuse, and a harrowing child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. But his fiancee, Trudi, is only interested in planning their wedding, and a bitter argument between them sees Lennox cast adrift in Florida. A coke-fuelled binge brings him into contact with another victim of sexual predation, ten-year-old Tianna, and Lennox flees across the state with his terrified charge, determined to protect her at any cost. But can Lennox still trust his own instincts? And can he handle her inappropriate sexuality, while still trying to get to grips with the Edinburgh murder?

'Powerful...a bracing and engaging read' Daily Telegraph

'You never know what you're going to get with Irvine Welsh, other than guaranteed intelligence. But what you get here is a triumph. A thoughtful, rather brave take on paedophile rings and the minds, fast and slow, behind them...it is incredibly sure-footed... there are echoes of Rebus, of Christopher Brookmyre, even of Carl Hiaasen...Welsh is a brave writer... this is a great, redemptive book. It leaves you wanting more, much more. There's only one and you should be reading him again' Observer

' Crime is by some distance Welsh's most restrained and thoughtful work ... The themes of organised paedophile rings, child abuse and murder are distressing, but Welsh's take is surprisingly considered and compassionate, and ultimately an old-fashioned moral one'
The Times

"A triumph... A great, redemptive book... It leaves you wanting more, much more" (Observer)

"Powerful, passionate writing... Welsh gets it just right" (Literary Review)

"Powerful... A bracing and engaging read" (Daily Telegraph)

"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 here is a triumph. A brave take on paedophile rings and the minds, fast and slow, behind them... There are echoes of rebus, of Christopher Brookmyre, even of Carl Hiaasen... There's only one Welsh and you should be reading him again" (Observer)