The Secret Speech
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0446402400
ISBN 13
9780446402408
Category
823 English Fiction
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Publication Year
2009
Publisher
Pages
416
Subject
Secret service -- Soviet Union -- Fiction. Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction. Secret service.
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Abstract
A new thriller set in the turmoil and upheaval of the post-Stalinist Soviet Union follows former state security officer Leo Demidov as he strives to protect his family from someone with a grudge against him--someone transformed beyond recognition into the perfect model of vengeance.
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Synopsis
It is 1956. Three years ago, Leo Demidov moved on from his career as a member of the state security force. As an MGB officer, Leo had been responsible for untold numbers of arrests and interrogations. But as a reward for his heroic service in stopping a killer who had terrorized citizens throughout the country, Leo was granted the authority to establish and run a homicide department in Moscow. Now, he strives to see justice done on behalf of murder victims in the Soviet capital, while at the same time working to build a life with his wife Raisa and their adopted daughters, Zoya and Elena.
Leo's past, however, can not be left behind so easily, and the legacy of his former career--the friends and families of those he had arrested as a state security officer--continues to hound him. Now, a new string of murders in the capital threaten to bring Leo's past crashing into the present, shattering the fragile foundations of his new life in Moscow, and putting his daughter Zoya's life at risk.
Faced with a threat to his family, Leo is launched on a desperate, personal mission that will take him to the harsh Siberian Gulags, to the depths of the hidden criminal underworld, and into the heart of Budapest and the Hungarian uprising.
Synopsis
On the eve of World War II, an international plot gone wrong leads a wealthy man on a quest that spans decades and continents, to the dawn of a troubled new century.
About the Author
Tom Rob Smith graduated from Cambridge University in 2001 and lives in London. His first novel, Child 44, was a New York Times bestseller and an international publishing sensation. Among its many honors, Child 44 won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
It is 1956. Three years ago, Leo Demidov moved on from his career as a member of the state security force. As an MGB officer, Leo had been responsible for untold numbers of arrests and interrogations. But as a reward for his heroic service in stopping a killer who had terrorized citizens throughout the country, Leo was granted the authority to establish and run a homicide department in Moscow. Now, he strives to see justice done on behalf of murder victims in the Soviet capital, while at the same time working to build a life with his wife Raisa and their adopted daughters, Zoya and Elena.
Leo's past, however, can not be left behind so easily, and the legacy of his former career--the friends and families of those he had arrested as a state security officer--continues to hound him. Now, a new string of murders in the capital threaten to bring Leo's past crashing into the present, shattering the fragile foundations of his new life in Moscow, and putting his daughter Zoya's life at risk.
Faced with a threat to his family, Leo is launched on a desperate, personal mission that will take him to the harsh Siberian Gulags, to the depths of the hidden criminal underworld, and into the heart of Budapest and the Hungarian uprising.
Synopsis
On the eve of World War II, an international plot gone wrong leads a wealthy man on a quest that spans decades and continents, to the dawn of a troubled new century.
About the Author
Tom Rob Smith graduated from Cambridge University in 2001 and lives in London. His first novel, Child 44, was a New York Times bestseller and an international publishing sensation. Among its many honors, Child 44 won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Fiction
History
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tom Rob Smith
ISBN: 9780446402408 0446402400
OCLC Number: 271812169
Description: 407 pages ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Tom Rob Smith.
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Fiction
History
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tom Rob Smith
ISBN: 9780446402408 0446402400
OCLC Number: 271812169
Description: 407 pages ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Tom Rob Smith.
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