Child 44: A Novel by Tom Rob Smith

I don’t often take the chance to read much new literature. However, walking through Barnes & Noble recently I noticed this book on the new release table. I picked it up, flipped open the cover and read the synopsis. It sounded intriguing, so I decided to pick it up. I would classify the book as a murder mystery/historical fiction. Set in the bleak era of the Stalinist USSR, Child 44 is a completely engrossing, thrilling page turner of murder, government cover-up and the risk involved in exposing the real killer. Smith powerfully recreated the paranoia and fear of that era. While there are troubling parts of the book, the story as a whole has a redemptive ending. I would highly recommend this book.