LeeAnne (Beanbean) reviewed on 1/9/2010 + 56 more book reviews

While not perfect, this book is one that I will recommend over and over again because it has so much going for it...solid writing, riveting mystery, likable characters and exotic (relatively) setting. The story is loosely based on the Andrei Chikatilo story out of Russia during the early 90s but the twist in this story is what makes the book so astounding. I think that the author took way too much time to get from the set up to the denouement (more than 250 pages) but everything that happens in the interim is important too. I am definitely going to look for more books by Tom Rob Smith that feature Leo Demidov.

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