Resolution

Irvine Welsh

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JONATHAN CAPE
22 July 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Crime & Mystery

Series: The CRIME series

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?

By: Irvine Welsh
Imprint: JONATHAN CAPE
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 288g
ISBN: 9781529918625
ISBN 10: 1529918626
Series: The CRIME series
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 22 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.

Reviews for Resolution

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 *