Child 44 Summary
Tom Rob Smith

Everything you need to understand or teach Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith.

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Child 44 Summary

NOTE: Due to the structure of the novel, summaries and analysis sections are divided by page numbers. This study guide specifically refers to the 2012 Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group paperback edition.

“Child 44” by Tom Rob Smith is a fictionalized historical novel focusing on the Rostov Ripper killings in the Soviet Union. The novel, set approximately 25 years before the killings historically, follows the efforts of Leo Demidov to solve a string...

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