Child 44 Leo Demidov Series, Book 1.

Tom Rob Smith's stunning thriller-the most talked about debut of 2008 and instant New York Times bestseller-now in a movie tie-in edition. 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 kills at will and Leo dares to invest...