The Long Knives (The CRIME series, 2)

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, Welsh, like his character Lennox, has a low opinion of our political classes.

In The Long Knives, Welsh explores the moment we are living in now. “I wanted to get to the idea that we’re all confused about what’s happening in the world because all the markers that identified us – capitalism, industrialisation, the division of labour, sex and gender, identity roles, all that stuff – are breaking down, all these markers have gone. So, we’re all adrift. The whole life that we had is disintegrating around us.” We all want to be the best versions of ourselves that we can possibly be. And some people are taking very radical routes to doing that and very brave routes in some way.

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Lennox non si è mai davvero ripreso da un’aggressione che ne ha marchiato l’infanzia e i suoi incubi sono destinati a peggiorare, dovendo indagare sull’omicidio del deputato Ritchie Gulliver, brutalmente mutilato. Era un politico corrotto, razzista e pieno di nemici ma, rapidamente, i cadaveri si moltiplicano e il modus operandi non cambia, lasciando intendere la mente perversa di un serial killer. Finché, con la scomparsa di Fraser, il nipote dell’ispettore, tutto diventa dannatamente personale e i buoni propositi di Lennox per restare sulla retta via, vacillano pericolosamente. Earlier this month he married actor and bar owner Emma Currie. They met when he was spending more time in Scotland during the pandemic to support his 93-year-old mother.

How can anybody dislike these two women? “ Welsh asks. “They are both lovely. They are put up on a stake as these modern witches on the internet.

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It seems a bit dilettante but I think if you’re a storyteller you can operate in these different environments. I’ve realised I’m more of a generic storyteller than a novelist as such. I’ve embraced that a little bit. It’s been good for me to own up to that.” The Long Knives is the second in a trilogy about Edinburgh detective Ray Lennox, following 2008’s Crime. The first book was turned into a six-part TV series starring Dougray Scott – inspiring Welsh to write a follow-up, and filming on its TV adaptation is due to begin next week. I think people will stop paying bills. I think if we get a really hot summer next year people will be out on the streets. We’re in the process of an ongoing revolution; it’s just happening very slowly.”