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2010 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist)
2009 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee)
2009 Barry Award for Best First Novel
2009 Dilys Award for Best Book (nominee)
2009 ITW Award for Best First Novel
2008 Booker Prize (longlist)
2008 Costa Book Award for Best First Novel (nominee)
2008 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
2008 Desmond Elliott Prize (nominee)
2008 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (shortlist)
MGB officer Leo is a man who never questions the Party Line. He arrests whomever he is told to arrest. He dismisses the horrific death of a young boy because he is told to, because he believes the Party stance that there can be no murder in Communist Russia. Leo is the perfect soldier of the regime. But suddenly his confidence that everything he does serves a great good is shaken. He is forced to watch a man he knows to be innocent be brutally tortured. And then he is told to arrest his own wife. Leo understands how the State works: Trust and check, but check particularly on those we trust. He faces a stark choice: his wife or his life. And still the killings of children continue...
Genre: Thriller
Genre: Thriller
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