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Crime
Irvine Welsh
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Description for Crime
Paperback. Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. On vacation in Florida, he meets two women in a seedy bar, ending up at their apartment for a coke binge interrupted by two menacing strangers. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Some things are easier to forget than others...
Detective Inspector Ray Lennox has fled to Miami to escape the aftermath of a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a harrowing child-sex murder case back in Edinburgh. But his fiancée Trudi is only interested in planning their wedding, leaving Lennox cast adrift, alone 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.
Can Lennox trust his own instincts?
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Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099506980
SKU
V9780099506980
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99-99
About Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written thirteen further novels, including the number one bestseller Dead Men’s Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Crime and The Long Knives have been adapted ... Read more
Reviews for Crime
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 ... Read 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 ... Read more