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If your children were forced to testify against you, what terrible secrets would they reveal? Moscow 1945. As Stalin and his courtiers celebrate victory over Hitler, shots ring out. On a nearby bridge, a teenage boy and girl lie dead. But this is no ordinary tragedy and these are no ordinary teenagers, but the children of Russia’s most important leaders who attend the most exclusive school in Moscow. Is it murder? A suicide pact? Or a conspiracy against the state?

Directed by Stalin himself, an investigation begins as children are arrested and forced to testify against their friends - and their parents. This terrifying witch-hunt soon unveils illicit love affairs and family secrets in a hidden world where the smallest mistakes will be punished with death.

©2013 Simon Montefiore (P)2013 Random House AudioGo Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Russia Fiction Scary Stalin
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The story is captivating but Slater's very odd breathing patterns and strange mouth sounds, along with the obvious editing performed to hide this, rendered this audio book almost unlistenable. I would never buy another audio book narrated by him again. Very annoying in the extreme.

Reader's voice almost unbearable

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Story and reading both good, but editing inexplicably bad: Joins that should have been unnoticeable often marked by fluctuations in background sound level; uneven pauses in narration; and worst, an unsettling absence of pauses between chapters.

Good story and performance, terrible editing

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- a great beach read/listen, immerses you in the world and the period. The narrator was very good at defining the different characters.

Very absorbing thriller

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Until I read this book I didn't realise how much would enjoy his genre of book. I'm already a huge fan of his wife Santa. I would not be a huge fan of biographies but because this was truth in the form of a novel. I loved it

Extremely good

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Weather its history or fiction i've always found anything to do with the Soviet Union/Russia to be scary and depressing.And i'm thankful that i wasnt born in any era of that Country. I've read the 3 books in this series and though i enjoyed them i won't be listening to them again as i found all 3 novel's sad,depressing and without hope.

Disturbing

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