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An edition of Child 44 (2008)

Child 44

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MGB officer Leo is a man who never questions the Party Line. He arrests whomever he is told to arrest. He dismisses the horrific death of a young boy because he is told to, because he believes the Party stance that there can be no murder in Communist Russia. Leo is the perfect soldier of the regime. But suddenly his confidence that everything he does serves a great good is shaken. He is forced to watch a man he knows to be innocent be brutally tortured. And then he is told to arrest his own wife. Leo understands how the State works: Trust and check, but check particularly on those we trust. He faces a stark choice: his wife or his life. And still the killings of children continue ...

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Simon & Schuster Ltd, Grand Central Publishing
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Subjects
Soviet union, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Serial murders, fiction, Fiction, suspense, Fiction, historical, Crime, fiction, Leo Demidov (Fictitious character), Fiction, Secret service, Torture, Murder, History, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Large type books

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Child 44
2014, Simon & Schuster Ltd, Grand Central Publishing
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Child 44
2011, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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Child 44
2008, Windsor/Paragon
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Child 44
Apr 26, 2008, Simon & Schuster Uk Ltd, Simon & Schuster
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Edition Notes

Film tie-in.

Originally published: New York: Grand Central, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
Leo Demidov -- bk. 1, Leo Demidov -- bk. 1.

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Dewey Decimal Class
823.92
Library of Congress
PR6119.M586 C45 2015, PR6119.M586C48 2014

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Pagination
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OL28282746M
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1471133478, 1471137856, 1455561436
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9781471133473, 9781471137853, 9781455561438
OCLC/WorldCat
883869799

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