Lieutenant Charles Acland is referred to a psychiatrist after a devastating attack on his regiment in Iraq leaves him brutally scarred. But the doctors are less concerned about his physical damage than about his mental state - cold and distant, almost careless about his heavily scarred face, but prone to sudden bursts of violence. When three men are beaten to death, and a fourth wounded victim identifies Acland as his attacker, Acland is called further into question. But is he linked to the attacks? Or is his volatile condition the result of, as his doctor calls it, the deliberate destruction of a personality?British writer Minette Walters is the author of numerous acclaimed mystery novels. She crafts suspenseful and disturbing stories with intriguing twists, but her real strength is her compelling characters. Her other titles include The Sculptress, in which a struggling journalist becomes obsessed with the convicted murderer she’s interviewing, and The Devil’s Feather, about a war correspondent whose nightmares are haunted by tortures she cannot quite remember. In Acid Row, Walters examines the personalities of an entire neighborhood, which is thrown into violent turmoil when the residents learn that a sexual predator may be living among them.
- Michelle (Sunset)
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