Hans Erik Östlund was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a graduate of The Stockholm School of Economics. He has had a professional career in investment banking between London and South America; and has lived in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru. He currently resides with his family in Lima, Peru. Babies from Ukraine is his third novel.
Alicia desperately wants a baby. She is nearly 40 years old and has never gone through a pregnancy before.Uncertain of what is best to do, she starts researching the possibility of adoption. She soon learns about private ‘gray’ adoptions, and in the process is told to consider adopting a baby from Ukraine.Unbeknownst to Alicia, adoptions in Ukraine are being controlled by its largely illegal porn industry with strong links to the Russian mafia, Bratva. From orphanages in Eastern Ukraine, babies born in both Russia and Ukraine are being provided with Ukrainian birth certificates and offered up for adoption by wealthy westerners desperate for a child and unable or unwilling to go through the usual channels. When Alicia discovers the Russian mafia’s seedy world of underground illegal adoptions during a trip to Ukraine, she writes an exposé for the New York Times. This proves to be a deadly mistake causing the Russian mafia to try and silence her for good.
She didn’t enter the establishment but stood, in a frozen stance of anticipation, in the doorway, her eyes quickly scanning the area in the hope of seeing someone or something. She saw nothing but the feeling of being watched persisted. She walked briskly without moving her head to the left or the right, nor did she look behind her. Standing in the darkness looking out at the street below, she lit a cigarette to ease her fear. Alicia was a very occasional smoker who only really smoked during times of stress, and at that moment she was both frightened and stressed.
"Alicia then took a huge breath as she scanned what she had written; she sunk a glug of her red wine, closed her eyes and made a childish wish that her life would change beyond all recognition. Alicia then pressed 'Send'." "You will accompany me tonight, Miss Byrne," he growled in his deep voice. He was making it obvious by his stance and manner that he would use the gun if needed.
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