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Simon & Schuster UK, April 2009
eBook, 464 pages
ISBN-10: 1847377157
ISBN-13: 9781847377159
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The Soviet Union 1956: after Stalin's death, a violent regime is beginning to fracture. Stalin's successor Khrushchev pledges reform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget the past.
Leo Demidov, former MGB officer, is facing his own turmoil. His adopted daughters have yet to forgive him for his part in the brutal murder of their parents. They are not alone. Leo, his wife, and their family are in grave danger from someone with a grudge. Someone transformed beyond recognition into the perfect model of vengeance. Leo's desperate mission to save his family will take him from the harsh Siberian Gulags, to the depths of the criminal underworld, to the centre of the Hungarian uprising - and into a hell where redemption is as brittle as glass.
Leo Demidov, former MGB officer, is facing his own turmoil. His adopted daughters have yet to forgive him for his part in the brutal murder of their parents. They are not alone. Leo, his wife, and their family are in grave danger from someone with a grudge. Someone transformed beyond recognition into the perfect model of vengeance. Leo's desperate mission to save his family will take him from the harsh Siberian Gulags, to the depths of the criminal underworld, to the centre of the Hungarian uprising - and into a hell where redemption is as brittle as glass.
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Arlington Connection, February 4, 2010
...Shogun' by James Clavell. I think he is a brilliant writer. I’m also a big fan of Tom Rob Smith’s novels, 'Child 44' and 'The Secret Speech.' I just read 'City of Thieves' by David Benioff and loved it as well. What or who inspired you ...
Blogger News Network, September 23, 2009
...the 20th Communist Party Congress and denounced the cult of personality of his predecessor, Josef Stalin. Khrushchev?s ?Secret Speech? was a four-hour long condemnation of Stalin?s myriad abuses of power, a shocking and detailed indictment ...
Daily Express, April 24, 2009
...seem to matter and in any case our attention is fixed on Leo. The great strength of The Secret Speech is the insight, imagination and empathy with which his character is drawn, with all its contradictions and inadequacies: if its hard to ...
Guardian Unlimited, April 4, 2009
...When Tom Rob Smith's first novel, Child 44, appeared on last year's Booker longlist, it was a 'told you so' moment for fans of crime fiction, who had long felt ...
