What results is one teen's self-conscious yet fast-paced journey into the mind of a cold-blooded killer, and the resulting manhunt will keep readers on the edge of their seats. This chilling page-turner is all thrills, and the author cleverly manipulates readers' sense of disbelief by eliminating the possibility of police help or parental understanding. It is a bit remarkable that two teens could track down a potential murderer without police aid, not to mention dangerous, but Acceleration was a well-paced, spine-tingling read that I would recommend to young teen readers. When the police seem disinterested, the teen takes matters into his own hands, and with the aid of his two best friends, tries to track and trap the murderer before he can strike. McNamee introduces his reader to the darkness of the human mind without overwhelming them. Unable to tear himself from the gory descriptions of tortured animals and arson, he discovers that the writer has started to stalk women on the subway. During one of these sessions, he uncovers a strange, leather-bound book that turns out to be the diary of a would-be serial killer. When business is slow, Duncan spends his time rummaging through dusty shelves and boxes of unclaimed items. Its a hot summer and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authoritys lost and found. This summer he has a job working underground at the Toronto subway lost and found where he uncovers, amid the piles of forgotten junk, an opportunity to exorcise his own guilty demons. Read Acceleration by Graham Mcnamee available from Rakuten Kobo. Seventeen-year-old Duncan is haunted by the fact that he was unable to save a drowning girl a few yards away one fateful afternoon the previous September.
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