Child 44
By: Tom Rob Smith
Series: Leo Demidov -- bk. 1; Leo Demidov -- bk. 1.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2014
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781471133473; 9781471137853; 9781455561438
Subjects: Leo Demidov (Fictitious character); Murder; Torture; History; Secret service; Fiction
Description: MGB officer Leo is a man who never questions the Party Line. He arrests whomever he is told to arrest. He dismisses the horrific death of a young boy because he is told to, because he believes the Party stance that there can be no murder in Communist Russia. Leo is the perfect soldier of the regime. But suddenly his confidence that everything he does serves a great good is shaken. He is forced to watch a man he knows to be innocent be brutally tortured. And then he is told to arrest his own wife. Leo understands how the State works: Trust and check, but check particularly on those we trust. He faces a stark choice: his wife or his life. And still the killings of children continue ...
Notes: Film tie-in.

Originally published: New York: Grand Central, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.