TITLE:Child 44

PUBLISHER:grand central publishing

ISBN:9781455561438

DEC-INDEX :823.92

YEAR:2015

RESUME:"Child 44" is a thriller novel written by British author Tom Rob Smith, published in 2008. The story is set in the Soviet Union during the era of Stalin in the 1950s. The book follows the story of Leo Demidov, an officer of the MGB (Ministry of State Security), the Soviet secret police, who is tasked with investigating a series of child murders. However, the communist regime denies the existence of such crimes as it contradicts the country's propaganda of having a crime-free society in the Soviet Union. Leo finds himself in a moral dilemma as he must not only continue the investigation while maintaining the appearance of a crime-free society but also protect his family and himself from being targeted by the regime for raising questions.

N_PAGES:468

ILLUSTRATION:Non

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