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Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
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Child 44

The Child 44 Trilogy: Book #1
by Tom Rob Smith

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Narrator Dennis Boutsikaris

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Length 19 hours 27 minutes
Language English
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In a country ruled by fear, no one is innocent.

Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, where citizens live free from crime and fear only one thing: the all-powerful state. Defending this system is idealistic security officer Leo Demidov, a war hero who believes in the iron fist of the law. But when a murderer starts to kill at will and Leo dares to investigate, the State's obedient servant finds himself demoted and exiled. Now, with only his wife at his side, Leo must fight to uncover shocking truths about a killer-and a country where "crime" doesn't exist.

FictionMystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction

International #1 bestselling author Tom Rob Smith graduated from Cambridge University in 2001 and lives in London. His novels in the Child 44 trilogy were New York Times bestsellers and international publishing sensations. Among its many honors, Child 44 won the ITW 2009 Thriller Award for Best First Novel, The Strand Magazine 2008 Critics Award for Best First Novel, the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

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Audiobook details

Author
Narrator Dennis Boutsikaris
ISBN 9781600241604
Length 19 hours 27 minutes
Language English
Publisher Hachette Audio
Publication date
Edition Unabridged
Genres Fiction, Mystery & Thriller & Historical Fiction
Libro.fm rank #40,076 Overall
Genre rank #3,846 in Historical Fiction
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Reviews

"Child 44 not only is one of the best mysteries of this year, but it is one of the most remarkable and original debuts in recent years. Set in post WWII Stalinist Russia, Child 44 works equally well as a hard-boiled novel, a political thriller, a regional mystery and an emotional, even romantic story about a couple rediscovering each other. It is at once gritty, chilling, depressing, hopeful and, above all, fascinating...Dennis Boutsikaris is the perfect reader for this story. Boutsikaris, who frequently shows up on Law & Order, captures the story's angst, nuances and accents."—Sun Sentinel Expand reviews
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