A beautiful, moving detective story set in Auschwitz in the Christmas of 1943. A beautiful, moving detective story set in Auschwitz in the Christmas of 1943. A prisoner’s discovery…Auschwitz, 1943. In the snowy bleakness of winter, a young Jewish boy imprisoned in a concentration camp stumbles upon an SS officer’s body. A detective’s dilemma…Hugo Fischer is tasked with investigating the Nazi officer’s mysterious death. But he is hiding his own secret – he is suffering from a degenerative disease. His survival is tied to his support of the Reich. A confrontation with evil…In Auschwitz, Hugo comes face to face with a complex murder – and the horrific truth of the Final Solution. He is forced to decide what is most important to him – and who, if anyone, he should try to save… “A novel that moves … beyond the crime genre to which it appears initially to belong” The Times “There is no doubting the power of the story and the righteous anger of its telling” Shots magazine The stunning new historical crime thriller debut of 2023 set in World War II ORIANA RAMUNNO (Melfi, 1980) lives in Berlin with her husband and three kids. Following a number of awarded crime novellas and short stories in various magazines, she pursued the writing of her debut thriller Ashes in the Snow inspired by the story of her grandfather, who was detained in the Flossenbürg concentration camp. She dedicated this book to him, a book she describes as “the last act of love in a long journey”. The stunning new historical crime thriller debut of 2023 set in World War II • This is the author’s debut novel. She is Italian but lives in Berlin, and this story is inspired by her uncle, who was sent to a concentration camp during WW2. • Incredibly moving and well-written, this is much more than just a detective novel set in Auschwitz. It will stay with readers long after they have finished reading. Competition: The;Alice Network;Choice;One Man;Field Grey;Winter in Madrid;Librarian;Tatttoist;Brothers;Twins;Sisters;Last Stop;of;The Boy Who Followed His Father into;Auschwtiz;Lullaby;Alone in Berlin;Cilka’s Journey. by;Kate Quinn;Edith Eger;Andrew Gross;Philip Kerr;C J Sansom;Antonio Iturbe;Heather Morris
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