Child 44

So when I first came to Chile, I decided to give "Anne of Green Gables" a try.  Talk about epic fail.  I get to page 36, painfully slow mind you, and just can't do it anymore!  Luckily, around this time I was in Puerto Natales, having just got back from a four day hiking trip through the Parque del Torres.  I was in this vegetarian restaurant and they had a book exchange!  The one book that grabbed my eye was the one I'd read about, Child 44.  

Let me tell you, best exchange ever!  Child 44 reads like a Dan Brown, but better.  Set in 1950s during the end of the Stalin era, it is dense but quick.  With a death almost every chapter, its amazing to think that this wasn't far from reality.  It focuses mostly on an on-going investigation of a murderer of children.  The book kept me surprised and intrigued to the very end.  It was interesting that the author noted in an interview that he was inspired by the show "24" which it definitely mirrors in terms of element and style.