Death zones
By: Simon Pasternak ; translated from Danish by Martin Aitken
Contributors: Aitken, Martin, translator
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781846558504; 9780099593195; 9781448191703
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Police; Investigation; World War, 1939-1945; History; Murder; Fiction
Work titles: Dødszoner
Description: In the lawless killing fields of the Eastern Front, Heinrich is on a mission to find a murderer July 1943. As the Battle of Kursk rages to the east and the tide turns against the Nazi offensive, large swathes of White Russia are declared death zones - and a terrifying onslaught is unleashed on the civilian population. German detective Oberleutnant Heinrich Hoffmann, posted to the brutal fringes of a crumbling Reich, is struggling to keep his focus, as his thoughts stray to Eline back in Hamburg. But when a visiting General and his wife are found murdered and mutilated, Heinrich is charged with finding the culprit, at whatever cost. His only witness: a six-year-old local girl. In the man hunt that follows, Heinrich struggles to retain his humanity in the face of shifting loyalties, violence, and deadly SS politics, in the wild blood lands between Berlin and Moscow.
Notes: Translation from the Danish of: Dødszoner. Denmark : Gyldendal, 2013.