If you read and enjoyed Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith then you should read the sequel. At the end of Child 44, Leo finds his humanity and compassion and leaves his post as an MGB officer in Stalin Soviet Union to open a new branch of law enforcement - the investigation of murders, something previously swept under the carpet by Stalin's regime (you can't have murder in a perfect society). The Secret Speech continues to follow the now-reformed Leo and his wife Raisa, as well as their two daughters. Stalin is dead and Krushchev has publicly denounced the Stalin era. Prisoners are being released from the work camps, policemen are being identified as enemies of the state, and someone from his former life is out to get Leo in the most painful way: by tearing his family apart. This novel was a page turner and I enjoyed it as much as Child 44. It took me one day to read it because I couldn't put it down.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
If you read and enjoyed Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith then you should read the sequel. At the end of Child 44, Leo finds his humanity and compassion and leaves his post as an MGB officer in Stalin Soviet Union to open a new branch of law enforcement - the investigation of murders, something previously swept under the carpet by Stalin's regime (you can't have murder in a perfect society). The Secret Speech continues to follow the now-reformed Leo and his wife Raisa, as well as their two daughters. Stalin is dead and Krushchev has publicly denounced the Stalin era. Prisoners are being released from the work camps, policemen are being identified as enemies of the state, and someone from his former life is out to get Leo in the most painful way: by tearing his family apart. This novel was a page turner and I enjoyed it as much as Child 44. It took me one day to read it because I couldn't put it down.
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