He is shocked when he finds himself investigating the murder of a young boy in his are that has almost the same similarities as the one he tried to investigate in Moscow while serving as secret security officer. He is demoted and sent to exile in a grim city in the wilderness of Russia.ĭemidov is humiliated serving as a small town cop in a country where officially there is no crime. Unfortunately his world is turned upside down when he tries to investigate on a killer who is killing youngster all over Russia. He has a beautiful wife and a comfortable house in Moscow. He is a war hero and an idealist who has quite benefited from his position. The main character in the novel Leo Demidov, is one of the state best officers. just being in possession of a an wrong book or just uttering something wrong can directly earn you a ticket to the gulag for a period of not less than 20 years.

The state security force rules with an iron fist. It’s the Stalin era and during this period the state is like god. Most of the novel takes place over the course period of four months some two decades after the boys chase the unfortunate cat. The novel is exquisitely and wonderfully plotted and most the most amazing side of it is that it is fearfully narrated.

The novel was also longlisted for the man boker describes two brothers who are trying to catch a stray cat and smith is able to narrate the story in a unique way which will catch even the people who are used to reading thriller novels with a surprise. His first novel was titled child 44, this novel is unrelentingly is an award winning novel and it has been named one of the top 100 thrillers of all time by NPR. In Italy he studied creative writing for a period of one year. He graduated from the university in 2001 and went ahead to further his education in Italy. He still continued writing while he was in St. He started his writing career by writing plays while at school. Tom Rob Smith was born in 1979 to a Swedish mother and an English father and he was brought up in south London.

London Spy by Tom Rob Smith