description: Acid Row. 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 controls 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 murder is part of it, then so be it. But is Amy really missing?
language: English
title: Acid Row
titlecomplete: Acid Row
characters: Sophie Morrison, Amy, Milosz Zelowski
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Contemporary, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Adult, Novels
ratings_count: 4426
places: England
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Palle Rosenkrantz Prisen
publisher: Pan MacMillan