The name the beleaguered inhabitants give to their 'sink' estate, a no-man's land of single mothers and fatherless children, where angry, alienated youth control the streets. Into this battlefield comes Sophie Morrison, a young doctor visiting a patient in Acid Row. Little does she know that she is entering the home of a known paedophile...and with reports circulating that a tormented child called Amy has disappeared, the vigilantes are out in force...Soon Sophie is trapped at the centre of a terrifying siege, with a man ...
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The name the beleaguered inhabitants give to their 'sink' estate, a no-man's land of single mothers and fatherless children, where angry, alienated youth control the streets. Into this battlefield comes Sophie Morrison, a young doctor visiting a patient in Acid Row. Little does she know that she is entering the home of a known paedophile...and with reports circulating that a tormented child called Amy has disappeared, the vigilantes are out in force...Soon Sophie is trapped at the centre of a terrifying siege, with a man she has come to despise. Whipped to a frenzy by the unsubstantiated rumour, the mob unleashes its hatred against authority...the law...'the pervert'. 'Protecting Amy' becomes the catch-all defence for the terrible events that follow - and if murder is part of it, then so be it. But is Amy really missing? The Sunday Express has written: Minette Walters has stormed her way into crime fiction. With her first three books she has claimed the highest accolades the crime writing world can bestow...A seductive writer with an imagination that makes her dangerous to know.
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -Acid Row. The name the beleaguered inhabitants give to the place they live. A no-man`s land of single mothers and fatherless children where angry alienated teenagers control the streets. Into this battleground comes Sophie Morrison a young doctor visiting a patient in Acid Row. Little does she know she that is entering the home of a known paedophile. And with reports circulating that a tormented child called Amy has disappeared the vigilantes are out in force. Soon Sophie is trapped at the centre of a terrifying siege with a man she has come to despise. Whipped to a frenzy by unsubstaniated rumour the mob unleashes its hatred. Against authority the law and the pervert. "Protecting Amy" becomes the catch-all defence for the terrible events that follow. And if murder is part of it then so be it....-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Pan The date of this copy is 2002 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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Good in good dust jacket. Outline: -Acid Row. The name the beleaguered inhabitants give to the place they live. A no-man`s-land of single mothers and fatherless children where angry alienated teenagers control the streets. Into this battleground comes Sophie Morrison a young doctor visiting a patient in Acid Row. Little does she know that she is entering the home of a known paedophile. And with reports circulating that a tormented child called Amy has disappeared the vigilantes are out in force...Soon Sophie is trapped at the centre of a terrifying siege with a man she has come to despise. Whipped to a frenzy by unsubstantiated rumour the mob unleashes its hatred. Against authority the law-and the `pervert`. `Protecting Amy` becomes the catch-all defence for the terrible events that follow. And if the murder is part of it then so be it...-> the publisher of this HARDBACK book is BCA The date of this copy is 2001 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
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The action is not in the well to do suburbs, but in a gritty housing project, where there is little money and lots of creative ways to make a few coins, often not legal. A social worker's loose lips set the tinder box on fire, figuretively, then literally.
Some amazing heroes arise from the madness and some pathetic human beings slide further into the hell of their homes and minds.
This is not a book for the faint of heart or the people who like fluffy puppies and frilly dresses.
It's where humaity meets the bottom of the barrel and survives on cunning, their wits and sometimes shear brute strength.
GERBAM
May 31, 2007
ACID ROW is a riveting drama full of suspense.
Acid Row is the nickname for a housing project in a suburb of London, known as Bassindale Estates. Single mothers with small children and elderly pensioners live among the drug dealers who have made this conclave a dangerous place. Minette Walters uses this grim setting as a backdrop to tell the stories of a missing ten year old girl, Amy Biddulph; Sophie, a young doctor taken hostage by the father of a known pedophile; Melanie, a feisty young woman trying to keep her family together; and, Jimmy, a brave young man, who transcends his criminal background to become a hero. In the critical mass of misinformation, the release of repressed anger, the influence of lager and assorted mind altering drugs, a battle of incredible proportion ensues. ?The headlines the next morning?29 July?were lurid. ?Alcohol-crazed lynch mob goes on the rampage? ? ?Sex pervert butchered? ? ?Five hours of savagery leaves 3 dead, 189 injured?? This book catches the reader off guard in a way few novels do and is able to sustain the action.
