Tom Rob Smith

"Former secret police agent Leo Demidov is thrown into a foreign conflict and is forced to question and confront everything he ever thought he knew about his country, his family, and himself"--Provided by publisher.

Soviet Union,, 1956. Stalin is dead, and a violent regime is beginning to fracture - leaving behind a society where the police are the criminals, and the criminals are innocent. A secret speech composed by Stalin's successor Khrushchev is distributed to the entire nation. Its message: Stalin was a tyrant. Its promise: The Soviet Union will change. Former State security officer Leo Demidov is also struggling to change. The two girls he and his wife,...

Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 trilogy was an immediate publishing sensation and marked the arrival of a major new talent in contemporary fiction. Named one of top 100 thrillers of all time by NPR, Child 44 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. Now, discover the entire trilogy, collected in one edition for the first time...

Moskau, 1956. Den ehemaligen MGB-Offizier Leo Demidow holt die Vergangenheit ein. Eine seiner Adoptivtöchter wird gekidnappt. Die Bedingung für ihre Freilassung ist die Befreiung eines Priesters aus dem schlimmsten aller Lager: Kolyma. Leo hat ihn dort hingebracht, Leo soll ihn auch wieder herausholen - so lautet die Logik der Entführer. Auf offiziellem Weg ist das unmöglich - Leos einzige Chance ist, sich als Häftling getarnt in Kolyma einschleusen...

In 1953 Soviet Russia, secret police agent Leo Demidov loses status, power, and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa, as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up by Leo's psychopathic rival Vasili, who insists there is no crime in paradise.

Tragedy strikes a fractured family at the heart of politics and power.

With their son fighting for life, the story of Max and Kathryn's relationship is revealed.

Kathryn dedicates herself to Caden's recovery as Max looks to the future.

Kathryn, Max and Caden gather at a remote rural house for a family reckoning.

Max owns an influential media empire where information is his trade: he has secrets on everyone and uses his power ruthlessly. His son Caden is the editor of Max's newspaper, but Caden is crumbling under the pressure. He is left like a helpless child after suffering a massive stroke. For Kathryn, Max's estranged wife, this is a chance to reconnect with the sensitive boy Max ripped away from her. Caden knows secrets that could bring Max's empire crashing...