Full name: The Child Thief: A Novel

Author: Dan Smith Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781605984407 160598440X

Luka is a war veteran who now wants only to have a quiet life with his family. His village has, so far, remained hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality. But everything changes the day the stranger arrives, pulling a sled bearing a terrible cargo.When the villagers' fear turns deadly, they think they have saved themselves. But their anger has cursed them: in the chaos, a little girl has vanished. Luka is the only man with the skills to find who could have stolen a child in these frozen lands--and besides, the missing girl is best friend to Luka's daughter, and he swears he will find her.Together with his sons, Luka sets out in pursuit across lands ravaged by war and gripped by treachery.Soon they realize that the man they are tracking is no ordinary criminal, but a skillful hunter with the child as the bait in his twisted game. It will take all of Luka's strength to battle the harshest of conditions, and all of his wit to stay a step ahead of Soviet authorities. And though his toughest enemy is the man he tracks, his strongest bond is a promise to his family back home. Similar books: The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith The Fiend in Human by John MacLachlan Gray Monstrum by Donald James Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver The White Russian by Tom Bradby Flint by Paul Eddy Killshot by Elmore Leonard The Oracle by Valerio Massimo Manfredi Shadow Pass by Sam Eastland The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry Darkness Falls by Margaret Murphy The Romanov Conspiracy by Glenn Meade Hostage by Robert Crais The Carrier by Sophie Hannah Primal Fear by William Diehl