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Crime

By: Irvine Welsh
Narrated by: Tam Dean Burn Burn
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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, and soon 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. But can Lennox trust his own instincts? And can he handle Tianna, while still trying to get to grips with the Edinburgh murder?

© Irvine Welsh 2008 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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Critic Reviews

A triumph... A great, redemptive book... It leaves you wanting more, much more
Powerful, passionate writing... Welsh gets it just right
Powerful... A bracing and engaging read
Crime is by some distance Welsh's most restrained and thoughtful work
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
A disturbing but vital read
An anti-Lolita; a cleverly updated view of those who protect children and those who prey on them. It also works as a slick, fast-paced thriller with a surprisingly coherent and engaging hero
There's a stark immediacy to his prose...frenetically paced thriller
Running jokes and consciously ludicrous moments come thick and fast
The taut dialogue buzzes with snappy ventriloquism. Welsh is one of our most interesting writers on the minutiae of human consciousness
All stars
Most relevant
What a story. It had me gripped from the start! I couldn't stop listening to it. This is a must if you like crime books!

Awesome Welsh!

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I love Irvine Welsh. This book however is his worst, it starts off well enough, in fact the first few hours sound like they are building to some kind of plot. Then about half way through it turns to absolute nonsense with a very linear story line lacking in any kind of gripping story line. It’s absolute tosh. The narrator as always is excellent. No disrespect to him. Disappointed.

Nonsense

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