SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE In a country ruled by fear, one is incent. Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, where citizens live free from crime and fear only one thing: the all-powerful state. Defending this system is idealistic security officer Leo Demidov, a war hero who believes in the iron fist of the law. But when a murderer starts to kill at will and Leo dares to investigate, the State's obedient servant finds himself demoted and exiled. Now, with only his wife at his side, Leo must fight to uncover shocking truths about a killer-and a country where crime doesn't exist.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
1455561444
ISBN-13
9781455561445
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208972327
Product Key Features
Format
Paperback / Softback, Mass Market (Rack) Paperback,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Crime, Thriller & Adventure
Author
Tom Rob Smith
Additional Product Features
Date of Publication
24/02/2015
Series Title
Child 44 Trilogy
Country of Publication
United States
Author Biography
Tom Rob Smith graduated from CambridgeUniversity in 2001 and lives in London. His novels in the Child 44 trilogywere New York Times bestsellers and international publishing sensations. Among its many honors, Child 44 won the ITW 2009 Thriller Award for Best First Novel, The Strand Magazine 2008 Critics Award for Best First Novel, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.