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LastDodo number
543513
Area
Books
Title
Child 44
subtitle
Literary collection
Literary number
Addition to number
Publisher
Series / hero
Original title
Translator
Illustrator
Year
2009
Print Run
First edition
Type of book
Number of pages
484
Number produced
Dimensions
 x  cm
ISBN10
ISBN13
978-1-84739-373-9
Barcode / EAN / UPC
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Country of publication
Details

It is 1953. For years dictator Joseph Stalin has held the Soviet Union in an iron grip. A serial killer is active in Stalin's workers' paradise, killing children. But such crimes are impossible in the Soviet Union. Only political crimes exist. Anyone who just thinks that a Soviet citizen is capable of these murders will commit a crime and be shot, or die an excruciatingly slow death in the gulags. There is always a logical explanation for the death of the children: an accident, foreign spies - file closed. How do you solve an impossible crime? Leo Demidov is a young, ambitious and dedicated officer of the ruthless secret service. He has no doubts about the policies of the Communist Party. But the serial killer remains active and the infant murders continue. It very much seems that the murders follow Demidov, that they are somehow related to him. Leo soon realizes that he has to stop the killer of all those kids, whoever it is. Before he's killed himself. Doubt strikes Demidov. His enemies within the walls of the Lubyanka, Secret Service headquarters, smell blood and blackmail him. Leo must prove his loyalty to the Party, but only if he betrays his wife Raisa. This is the debut of a promising writer. If you like thriller this is a must!

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