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Detective Inspector Ray Lennox, after a mental breakdown caused by occupational stress and a child sex murder case in Edinburgh, travels to Florida on vacation with his fiancée. A drunken argument drives him alone into a bar where he meets two women and their terrified ten‑year‑old daughter, Tianna. When they encounter menacing strangers, Lennox is thrust into a dangerous quest to protect Tianna. He escorts her to a marina on the Gulf of Mexico, uncovering a clandestine paedophile group that echoes the horror of his past. As he struggles with his own mental fragility and addiction, Lennox must decide whether he can trust his instincts to save Tianna and confront the dark memories of the Edinburgh murder.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: Irvine Welsh
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