Three years have passed since Leo Deminov arrested a serial killer and received, as a reward, the assignment to head a new investigative squad in post-Stalinist Russia. However, his attempts to start a new life with his wife and adopted daughters seem doomed to fail: doubts and suspicions from the past are ever present. And if that were not enough, the publication of a speech by Khrushchev questioning Stalinism provokes a deep crisis in Russian society.
We are faced with a thriller of outstanding pace, which also offers a credible portrait of the insecurity existing in the post-Stalinist society. The plot offers plenty of surprises and numerous scenarios, so that it is difficult to know where it will all end. The two moments that could have led to an immoral description are treated without details, negatively evaluating the fact.
J.V.