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Old 04-10-2012, 17:08   #945
Dusty
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Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith.

Historical crime fiction set in 1953, in the Stalinist USSR. Based in part on a true story of the hunt for a serial killer who took over 50 lives across multiple decades. Frankly the descriptions of life in the Orwellian USSR are scarier than the killer. Since "crime doesn't officially exist" in the egalitarian Soviet state , pointing out societal imperfections like murder is itself a crime. LEO investigating a murder have to be very careful they don't get sent to the Gulag themselves for embarassing the State.

My $.02, those 99%ers would be well served to occupy a few hours with this book
That guy was a sick bastard.
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