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The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
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Length 12 hours 45 minutes
Language English
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Soviet Union, 1956: Stalin is dead. With his passing, a violent regime is beginning to fracture - leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. The catalyst comes when a secret manifesto composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant and a murderer. Its promise: The Soviet Union will transform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget Stalin's tyranny so easily, that demand revenge of the most appalling nature.

Meanwhile, former MGB officer Leo Demidov is facing his own turmoil. The two young girls he and his wife Raisa adopted have yet to forgive him for his involvement in the murder of their parents. They are not alone. Now that the truth is out, Leo, Raisa and their family are in grave danger from someone with a grudge against Leo. Someone transformed beyond recognition into the perfect model of vengeance.

Tom Rob Smith is the author of the acclaimedย Child 44ย trilogy.ย Child 44ย itselfย was a global publishing sensation, selling over two million copies.ย It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Prize and won the CWA Steel Dagger Award.ย His most recent novel,ย The Farm, was a #1 international bestseller. Tom also writes for television and won a Writerโ€™s Guild Award for best adapted series and an Emmy and Golden Globe for best limited series withย American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace. He is also the creator and executive producer of FXโ€™s suspense thriller series Class of โ€™09.

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