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Crime
- Narrated by: Tam Dean Burn
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
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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 is cast adrift, alone in Florida. A coke-fuelled binge brings him into contact with another victim of sexual predation, 10-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?
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- Peter Hobson
- 29-03-22
That Ending! Wow!
Not an easy listen but very rewarding. Welsh manages to articulate anxiety, depression and trauma in a way that truly impressed from the start.
Welsh's black humour and painful honesty about the human condition is all here and we go from the poetic to the bowels of humanity within sentences.
All the depravity and vice all serves a purpose though as it gives the ending it's power.
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- Webb50
- 02-12-21
OK but….
Not the best criminal story I’ve listened to - the characters seemed to lack empathy and the way the storyteller tried to bring over the character of each person grated with me, - shame.
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- Single Dad 1982
- 08-07-23
Brilliant.
One of the best crime novels I’ve read. Funny, terrifying, horrifying, gratifying. Incredible. Get it now!
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- Mr James Meechan
- 08-12-23
One of his worse books
For me, this book just doesnt work. It reads like a pale version of many of hi much better books. This isnt helped by the terrible narration. The guy that narrates this is so pretentious and over the top.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-11-23
absolutely brilliant.
As I've now listened to the Renton series through twice I thought I'd venture into unchartered Irvine terrain. All I can say is I'm glad I did and I now have a new keen interest in Lennox. Christ what an adventure. hard hitting,dark AF. Phychologicly powerful and so well written. great stuff.
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- Julie McG
- 17-10-23
Fantastic - couldn’t stop listening
This is my first Irvine Welsh novel and what a cracker to start with. Had me gripped from the beginning.
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- Ms. H. Forbes
- 30-09-23
Relentlessly grim but totally compelling
It took about an hour to get used to the narration, which was theatrically overstated and made me listen to the voice rather than the book. However, when I got used to it, I thought that the other-worldliness of the tale, and the darkness of the situations benefitted from it. My first Welsh, although I've seen the Trainspotting films; and I kind of expected that there would be no punches pulled in the telling of a story with such a bleak setting. There weren't, which lent a gravitas to the book. Never felt prurient, but veiled nothing. A really good read/listen. Thought provoking.
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- J. C. Leggo
- 10-05-23
Outstanding book
This book has been an emotional roller coaster. I recommend it to anyone who has ever suffered abuse.
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- christopher mcgarry
- 19-02-23
Worth a listen
Enjoyed this book, great hard hitting storyline and Welsh is a master at creating complex characters like Lennox. I have to say though, the American accent (particularly female characters) by the narrator is awful and I had to fight the urge to stop listening as it’s so distracting.
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- Justine Appleby
- 04-01-23
Disappointing
Long winded and surprisingly dull. The story feels like a B-movie action thriller. Nothing particularly exciting, just grim. Dialogue is poor and cliché. Tam's narration is usually very good but having to voice a young American girl is beyond his talents so any drama or emotion is lost. Having a female narrator alongside Tam would have been better. Stuck with this to the bitter end but there is no payoff. It all feels so unrealistic.
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