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12-14-22: My 125th finished book of 2022! Tough material. Ray Lennox, a policeman from Scotland, finds himself in Florida, with his fiancé, trying to decompress after a harrowing case of child molestation/murder. Through a series of bad choices, Ray becomes ensnared in another child endangerment situation and takes off with the 10 year old to save her life and redeem his own. ⭐️⭐️⭐️?#️⃣1️⃣2️⃣5️⃣

If you might be triggered by a damaged coke snorting violent teetering on the edge Scottish cop on medical leave in Miami with his wedding planning obsessed fiancée, don‘t read this. He is obsessed with ridding the world of evil, pedophiles top of the list, and brutal about it; badge or not. Welsh is an acquired taste, but worth it in the end with finger crossing fragile redemption.

This is a dark read because it raises a lot of disturbing issues.

He weaves a good, gripping story and it held my interest all the way to the end.

Irvine Welsh never disappoints.

There is the Irvine Welsh stamp of good writing on this one, but the story (thankfully in a way) wraps up too neatly- bad gets bad and good triumphs. And because of this, I feel Welsh went on a Floridian fishing trip to get Hollywood execs‘ attention trolling for a movie deal- still an exceptional read!