--- product_id: 20912508 title: "Crime: A Novel" brand: "irvine welsh" price: "122.87 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/20912508-crime-a-novel store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Crime: A Novel **Brand:** irvine welsh **Price:** 122.87 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Crime: A Novel by irvine welsh - **How much does it cost?** 122.87 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/20912508-crime-a-novel) ## Best For - irvine welsh enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted irvine welsh brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Crime: A Novel - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51t4GAszXOL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Disturbing subject masterfully told *by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2009* Mr Welsh at his best. His narrative of Florida and America was very insightful from the Scottish point of view he penned this novel from. I later found out he resides there. No wonder it was so good.The plot moves back and forth between the past and it's ghosts to the present day and the pressing matter of saving a child from a gang of molesters. The characters were so vivid and the plot was paced such that I found I could not put the book down.It comes across as a more mature read than the likes of train spotting. One of his best works I feel. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Pulpy Genre Crime Thriller *by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2018* Ah, I love Irivine Welsh and have enjoyed all of his books, however this one exceeds in the one aspect of his writing I don't enjoy which is his ability to meander about with pulpy writing.While there is still some of his magic sprinkled about, Filth and Crime both fail to impress on anything else than shock value. ### ⭐⭐ Meandering and Kinda Boring *by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2012* How could CRIME go wrong? Ok, I had never read Irvine Welsh, but he certainly has the rep for being gritty. Set in South Florida, former stomping grounds of mine that would allow me to appreciate the book more by projecting myself into the settings. And the criminals? Despicable! Child rapists and a nest of pedophiles! It really lets you seethe with hate.Yet here I am. Finished, and completely unsatisfied. Here is what went wrong.The detective Ray Lennox, on vacation from Scotland, finds himself in the midst of the aforementioned kiddie rapists. Escaping with ten-year old Tianna, the perverts' latest target, he takes her to what he believes to be a safe space across the Everglades, on the Gulf Coast. I expect that the girl would be hesitant to open up at first. Sure, it takes time for the two to bond. But this trip across I-75 just goes on and on and on. At some point the reader wants to scream at Welsh to use a literary device to skip forward several days, for the bonding to take an exponential leap forward in the book, and get back to some action. But it does not happen. Instead, we read about the shopping sprees, the stops for gas, the music they listen to, while the danger just fades more and more into the background. CRIME is amazingly dull for a good 100 plus pages given the vipers supposedly circling the prey.In addition, Lennox, needing rest after a horrifying case in Scotland involving a murdered girl, ruminates about the case throughout the book. I have no problem with continuing characters referring back to past events. But an author has to strike the right balance, drawing the past meaningfully into the present without losing sight of what the present book is about. In CRIME, Welsh failed to strike that balance, with the error going the direction of spending far too much time on the details of a crime gone by rather than the immediate one that actually was of sufficient interest to the reader to actually buy this book.The characters are also rather two-dimensional. But this should have been an interesting crime novel. A lack of character development would have been acceptable if CRIME lived up to its name. In the absence of better action and storyline, however, the characters' deficiencies become a tad harder to take.Well, they cannot all be good. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/20912508-crime-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/20912508-crime-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*