My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Here is a great example of why going to a reading group is worth while. It means that you read books that never in a million years would you have picked up from the cover alone.
Set in 1953 during the end of Stalin’s reign, Leo Demidov is a war hero, a high ranking officer serving the State, playing his part in the perfect society. His belief in creating the perfect society is severely tested when he is ordered to investigate and denounce his wife, cover up the death of a child and witnesses the cover up of a botched investigation of an innocent man, sent to his death.
His punishment for not adhering to orders is to be demoted and exiled to the lowest rank of the Russian police. A communist Russia, with an ideal society where everyone is equal has no crime. So when a serial killer becomes evident, Leo becomes an enemy of the state for even daring to acknowledge this. He risks his and his family’s lives for daring to track the killer down.
A compelling read, with a very frightening period of time as it’s backdrop.
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