Marsha M. reviewed on 9/27/2014

Somehow this book slipped below my radar...until now!
Set in Communist Russia when the average citizen lived with very little and in fear, the author introduces to a policeman whose everyday life involves beatings and sending fellow citizens to the Gulag. And this many times with fabricated charges.
After being involved with a case involving a child's death, brushing it aside, more sentencing for the family, the protagonist begins to evolve into a more caring person, even at risk to his family. A pattern of child murders has been uncovered.

Initially given a lot of information and trying to sort it out, the reader is "pulled in". I couldn't wait 'til the time of the day to read, yet didn't want to rush it but savor each chapter as it literally painted each chapter.
You'll be pulled in for a ride through a bleak time for Russians while Leo struggles to emerge into a new person.
Must reveal: as a Boomer this time still a draw, remembering Krushchev banging his fists declaring to bury America.

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