Child 44 / Tom Rob Smith.
A frightening, chilling, almost unbelievable horror story about the very worst that Stalin's henchmen could manage. In this worker's paradise, superior in every way to the decadent West, the citizen's needs are met: health care, food, shelter, security. All one must offer in exchange are work and loyalty to the State. Leo Demidov is a believer, a former war hero who loves his country and wants only to serve it well. He puts contradictions out of his mind and carries on. Until something happens that he cannot ignore. A serial killer of children is on the loose, and the State cannot admit it. To admit that such a murderer is committing these crimes is itself a crime against the State. Instead of coming to terms with it, the State's official position is that it is merely coincidental that children have been found dead, perhaps from accidents near the railroad tracks, perhaps from a person deemed insane, or, worse still, homosexual. But why does each victim have his or her stomach excised, a string around the ankle, and a mouth full of dirt? Coincidence? Leo, in disgrace and exiled to a country village, doesn't think so. How can he prove it when he is being pursued like a common criminal himself? He and his wife, Raisa, set out to find the killer.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780446402385
- ISBN: 0446402389
- ISBN: 9781847371263
- ISBN: 1847371272
- Physical Description: 439 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Pub., 2008.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Map on lining papers.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 439).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Map on lining papers
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- Secret service > Soviet Union > Fiction.
Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953 > Fiction. - Genre:
- Thrillers (Fiction)
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC SMITH (Text) | 36015000340162 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC SMITH (Text) | 36015000881850 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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