Acid Row

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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 ...