The child thief
By: Dan Smith
Edition: First Pegasus Books trade paperback edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Crime, an imprint of Pegasus Books; Distributed by W.W. Norton
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9781605985718
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Fiction; Veterans; Kidnapping; History
Description: December 1930, Ukraine. War veteran Luka's village has, so far, remained hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality, but everything changes the day a stranger arrives, pulling a sled bearing a terrible cargo. In the chaos that ensues, a little girl vanishes. Luka is the only man with the skills to find who could have stolen a child in these frozen lands - and besides, the missing girl is best friend to Luka's daughter. Together with his sons, Luka sets out in pursuit across lands ravaged by war. Soon they realize that the man they are tracking is no ordinary criminal, but a skillful hunter with the child as the bait in his twisted game. It will take all of Luka's strength to battle the harshest of conditions, and all of his wit to stay a step ahead of the Soviet authorities.--