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The Barnes & Noble Review
At the start of Acid Row, we learn that one hot summer's day all hell broke loose in crime-ridden Bassindale Estates housing project (nicknamed "Acid Row" by its inhabitants). It began as a peaceful protest, when local mothers organized a march against a registered pedophile who had been resettled there. But when a child is reported missing, the protest march is hijacked by local teens who set up barricades to keep out the police. As Molotov cocktails begin to fly and angry lynch mobs roam the neighborhood, 19-year-old Mel, six months pregnant and desperate to protect her two young children, struggles to hold a thin line of friends and neighbors against the raging mob, and her boyfriend, two days out of jail and the police's only hope for rescuing a hostage, stands against a tide of angry people who've decided they have nothing left to lose. Minette Walters has a gift for creating complex characters whose actions and motivations are totally believable, even as they are caught up in situations of harrowing tension. She weaves together strands of several stories in Acid Row, drawing readers into this darkly compelling world to discover who will live, who will die, and who has the missing child￯﾿ﾽ. Sue Stone

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Acid Row is a crime-infested housing project that exists by its own laws. When news comes that a child has been kidnapped, the frustration and anger that has been seething on the streets of Acid Row is ignited. And no one will be safe.

FROM THE CRITICS

New York Daily News

...a compelling weave of chilling plot lines.

Denver Post

...a page-turner that challenges readers with out-of-sequence plot developments and expertly developed characters...

State

It's a gripping story ... one superbly written novel.

Entertainment Weekly

Edgar-winning suspense novelist Walters has written a zippy summer read with this tightly plotted, character-rich thriller.

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