The Knot Author:Tim Wynne-Jones A millionaire's son is abducted and a vagabond suffering from Alzheimer's disease vanishes. In Toronto's upwardly mobile Cabbagetown, a different kind of neighbourhood development is underway. Beneath the veneer of the trendily renovated streets, a web of dirty alleys and boarded up houses form the hunting ground for a local gang calling themsel... more »ves "The Knot". Led by a crippled madman named Gob, streetwise thugs lie, steal, and cheat. And as a young detective going undercover discovers, these petty criminals may even be persuaded to kill. Sinister and suspenseful, The Knot is a chilling tale about the manipulation of power and about people lost in society's shuffle. This is a new kind of urban warfare, where victors are few, and casualties many.« less