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Book Review of Child 44 (Leo Demidov, Bk 1)

Child 44 (Leo Demidov, Bk 1)
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Helpful Score: 2


Pretty good page turner. Set in the Soviet Union during the time of Stalin. You get to like Leo and his wife and hope they can survive. Mostly it is filled with twists and turns. A story about a serial killer who kills mostly children. He doesnt get caught because the local "police" just want to clear it off the books. So anyone can be blamed and tortured. Then everyone they mention gets killed. With all the murders solved the real killer if free to kill again. Only Leo seems to realize what is going on. In order to save face, he is threatened and nearly killed. The story twists around and eventually all is revealed.