About the Book: Set against the relentless heat and excess of Las Vegas, Irvine Welsh’s gripping new novel follows a wealthy family whose carefully controlled lives begin to unravel. Ageing couple Molly and George Warburton shock their daughter Gina by announcing that their grandson Luke, a college dropout and aspiring writer, will inherit their fortune. But Luke’s newfound freedom soon attracts danger when a mysterious newcomer enters the family’s world. As resentment, revenge and long-buried failures collide, the Warburtons face a chilling chain of events that threatens to tear them apart. Dark, provocative and suspenseful, this is a powerful story of family, wealth, ambition and survival.