Resolution
Published on 11. July 2024
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-1-78733-475-5 (ISBN)
Description
The #1 Sunday Times bestseller is back with a powerful, riveting new novel, as maverick investigator Ray Lennox discovers that confronting his past could cost him everything.
OLD TRUTHS HAVE NEW CONSEQUENCES
Ray Lennox is determined to move on from his darkest days. The 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?
*****
PRAISE FOR NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IRVINE WELSH:
'There's only one Welsh and you should be reading him'
OBSERVER
'The best thing that has happened to British writing for decades'
SUNDAY TIMES
'Powerful . . . A bracing and engaging read'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Sharp, fearless, passionate and brilliant'
INDEPENDENT
OLD TRUTHS HAVE NEW CONSEQUENCES
Ray Lennox is determined to move on from his darkest days. The 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?
*****
PRAISE FOR NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IRVINE WELSH:
'There's only one Welsh and you should be reading him'
OBSERVER
'The best thing that has happened to British writing for decades'
SUNDAY TIMES
'Powerful . . . A bracing and engaging read'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Sharp, fearless, passionate and brilliant'
INDEPENDENT
Reviews / Votes
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 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78733-475-5 (9781787334755)
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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 fourteen further novels, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller Dead Men's Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.