Finished Su 9/24/23
This is one of my new paperbacks that I bought because I watched the movie 'CHILD 44' that was based on the novel by Tom Rob Smith.
The premise is that Stalin was a brutal dictator and committed numerous atrocities against the Russian people. Nikita Khrushchev is portrayed as a reformer and he admits to these evil political excesses.
This is the second novel in a trilogy by Tom Rob Smith. The character, Leo Demidov was the detective that solved the 'CHILD 44' murder case.
From the back of the book:
"A society trying to recover from a time when the police were corrupt and the innocent arrested as criminals. Detective Leo Demidov, former Secret Police Officer, is forced to ask whether the wrongs of the past can eve be forgiven. Trying to solve a series of brutal murders that grip the capital, he must decide if this is savagery or justice."
From the book's page on Wikipedia:
"USA Today praised it as a "breathlessly paced", "explosive thriller", going "even further than [the] acclaimed Child 44 in capturing the mood of the Cold War-era Soviet Union". Kirkus reviews gave it a starred review, calling it a "superb thriller, full of pitch-perfect atmosphere". Author Charlie Higson, writing for The Guardian, called it "a great piledriver of a read"."
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