Unfortunately his wife and his two daughters are killed in what appears to be a political conspiracy. Set in Moscow, 1953 – readers go back in time to will follow a top-secret police officer who is on a mission to create the perfect society. 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. Superior to the decadent West, Stalin's Soviet Union is a haven for its citizens, providing for all of their needs: education, health care, security.

Our mission is to help you discover and enjoy great literature, and we take pride in offering a carefully curated selection of titles from classic literature to the latest bestsellers. In July 2009, he won the Waverton Good Read Award for first novel [10] [11] and the Galaxy Book Award for Best Newcomer.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Named one of top 100 thrillers of all time by NPR, it hit bestseller lists around the world, won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award and the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. 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.

He is determined to carry out investigations but the problem is how can he investigate a crime that does not exist? The catalyst comes when a secret manifesto composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation.Stalin is dead and a state once governed by fear is beginning to weaken, creating an environment of lawlessness where the police have turned into criminals and the criminals have taken vengeance against the police. As the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were occupied by the Soviet Union and as members of the EU, they officially received the film release. Communist allies within the United States will prove vital players in this game of intrigue and revolution.

It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Prize and won the CWA Steel Dagger Award. Both the novel and the film are very loosely based on the case of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. Unbegrenzter Zugriff auf enthaltene Hörbücher und Audible Originals von deinen Lieblingsstars sowie neuen Talenten. Each year they have a rack of books based on the summer reading lists from local schools along with a binder with info from each school.And people's lives; their emotional responses and the way they deal with their personal lives are affected by this outer system. Reading them took you back in time to the Soviet Union and made you feel you were actually living and experiencing those periods of history. But when his wife and daughters are invited on a “peace tour” to New York City, he is immediately suspicious.