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1) Child 44
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Leo Demidov thrillers volume 1
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English
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Stalin's Soviet Union is an official paradise, where citizens live free from crime and fear only one thing: the all-powerful state. Defending this system is idealistic security officer Leo Demidov, a war hero who believes in the iron fist of the law. But when a murderer starts to kill at will and Leo dares to investigate, the State's obedient servant finds himself demoted and exiled. Now, with only his wife at his side, Leo must fight to uncover shocking...
2) The Farm
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English
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After learning his mother was committed to a mental hospital, Daniel receives a call from her, claiming that his lying father is part of a crime conspiracy.
3) Agent 6
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Leo Demidov thrillers volume 3
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English
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Leo Demidov is no longer a member of Moscow's secret police. But when his wife and daughters are invited on a "peace tour" to New York City, he is immediately suspicious. Forbidden to travel with his family, Leo watches helplessly as events in New York unfold and those closest to his heart are pulled into a web of political conspiracy, betrayal -- and murder.
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The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist, Antarctica.
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Leo Demidov thrillers volume 2
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English
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Honored as a hero for his role in stopping a serial killer three years earlier, post-Stalinist Soviet MGB officer Leo Demidov is placed at the head of a newly formed Moscow homicide department and is forced to undertake a mission in the criminal underworld.
6) System
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Polish
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W raju, jakim jest ZSRR lat pięćdziesiątych ubiegłego wieku, przestępczość nie istnieje. Tak w każdym raz twierdzą władze, i kiedy na torach zostają znalezione okaleczone zwłoki chłopca, utrzymują, że był to wypadek. Funkcjonariusz bezpieki Lew Demidow musi zamknąć usta rodzicom, którzy są przekonani, że ich dziecko zostało zamordowane. Tak jak ze wszystkich obowiązków wobec socjalistycznej ojczyzny, również z tego Demidow...
7) Farma
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Polish
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Daniel believed that his parents were enjoying a peaceful retirement on a remote farm in Sweden. But with a single phone call, everything changes. His father tells Daniel that his mother has had a psychotic breakdown, and been committed to a mental hospital. Before Daniel can board a plane to Sweden, his mother calls to say that everything his father told him was a lie. Caught between his parents, Daniel becomes involved in secrets, lies, a crime--...
8) Agent 6
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Polish
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"Former secret police agent Leo Demidov is thrown into a foreign conflict and is forced to question and confront everything he ever thought he knew about his country, his family, and himself"--Provided by publisher.
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Max owns one of the world's most influential media empires. Information is his trade: he holds dark secrets on everyone, and uses his power ruthlessly. His son Caden is editor of Max's mouthpiece, The National Reporter. But Caden is crumbling under the pressure of his father's expectation. When Caden's excess causes a massive stroke, he's left like a helpless child. For Kathryn - Max's estranged wife - this is a chance to reconnect with son boy Max...
10) Child 44
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English
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In 1953 Soviet Russia, secret police agent Leo Demidov loses status, power, and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa, as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up by Leo's psychopathic rival Vasili, who insists, there is no crime in paradise.
11) London spy
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English
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What begins as a chance romance between two people from opposite walks of life - one an antisocial investment banker, the other a slacker romantic - quickly unravels when the reclusive banker disappears under suspicious circumstances, exposing his real identity as a spy and forcing his lover down a dark path to reveal the truth.