Reviewed By: Ruth Jordan - RAM
![[Book Cover graphic]](http://www.booksnbytes.com/book_covers/walters_acidrow.jpg)
Acid Row
Amazon US HC Amazon UK PB Amazon Canada HC
Minette Walters
Class/Genre: Mystery
Putnam; July 2002
In ACID ROW Minette Walters tackles yet another subject mysterious. What happens when neighbors know there’s a Pedophile next door before the police?
The story is set in an Estate called Acid Row. It’s hot, there’s a child missing and the inhabitants of the Estate want to make a statement to the bureaucracy that has seen fit to relocate a pedophile to a neighborhood made up of single mothers and their children.
A peaceful march soon becomes a riot lead by teens. Caught in the middle is a compelling cast of characters. Single mother Mel and her man Jimmy, the good Doctor Sophie, a pedophile and a sadist. Walters writes all of her characters with such smoothness that we know them all.. Secondary to the Acid Row plot but just as demanding of the reader’s attention is the story of what has happened to the missing girl Amy.
And we think. Effortlessly Walters has her reader contemplating everything from poor urban development decisions to what in childhood does mold our own personalities. In a story in which who becomes heroic and who is truly frightening is not restricted to stereotype the author leads us on a horrific adventure spattered with blood and fuel and enough moments of personal triumph to make it just bearable. And let’s not forget Amy.. money does not necessarily guarantee a safe and happy childhood. Very readable.
Ruth Jordan - RAM
Reprinted with permission. Do Not repost without permission from the author, Ruth Jordan - RAM
If you enjoy this website, a link would be appreciated. |