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Resolution
By (Author) Irvine Welsh
Vintage Publishing
Vintage
22nd July 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Paperback
416
Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 26mm
288g
From #1 Sunday Times bestseller Irvine Welsh, the brand new novel in the CRIME series featuring former detective Ray Lennox OLD TRUTHS HAVE NEW CONSEQUENCES Ray Lennox is determined to move on from his darkest days. The maverick former detective has left Edinburgh for a fresh start in Brighton. Soon, his fixations and addictions have been replaced with quiet evenings and a rigorous fitness regime. Then Lennox meets Mathew Cardingworth. Rich, smooth-talking and immaculately dressed, he presents himself as a successful, and respectable, property developer. Yet their encounter reawakens memories that have haunted Lennox for decades, sending him into a spiral of confusion and rage. Lennox has no choice - he must confront the events of his childhood. But the more he identifies the links between Cardingworth, the disappearance of a group of foster care boys and the violence of his past, the more he finds himself asking- What will he sacrifice to achieve resolution at last
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 moneys worth * Financial Times *
Resolution continues the industrially gritty travails of Ray Lennox slowly developing into one of Welshs most enigmatic, enduring and intriguing characters * Scotland on Sunday *
Welshs crime trilogy reaches a grisly conclusion in this revenge tragedy [the] plot twists keep the pages turning * Mail on Sunday *
Theres no denying[Welshs] ability to plum the more toxic reaches of masculinity and the nightmares they conceal * The Times *
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 into a television series starring Dougray Scott as Ray Lennox. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.