by Irvine Welsh
First published 2008
Detective Ray Lennox, reeling from a mental breakdown, escapes to Florida. But his vacation turns dark when he meets two women and stumbles into a terrifying world of child abuse. Now he must protect a vulnerable young girl from a dangerous pedophile ring, all while confronting his own fragile psyche.
Genres: fiction, crime, detective, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: dark-academia, mental-health
Setting: Edinburgh, Florida, Scotland, United States
Period: 21st-century
320 pages · Hardcover · W. W. Norton & Company
Content warnings: child-abuse, pedophilia