Thank you, Partner @bibliolifestyle @harperviabooks for the review copy of Ashes in the Snow by Oriana Ramunno.
What is the most unique
setting of a book that you have read?
Ashes in the Snow is a mystery that is set at Auschwitz. It is the investigation of one murder amongst
so many murders.
Dr. Braun, an eminent
Nazi doctor working in Auschwitz, has been murdered. Young detective Hugo Fischer has been sent to
investigate the murder. His number one
witness was a young boy, Gioele, that discovered the body. Gioele is a twin that lives in a special part
of camp as he and his twin are experimented on.
Hugo discovers all the horrors of the camp but has to hold his sanity
together to finish solving this crime.
Who killed Dr. Braun? Hugo also
struggles with how he and his fellow Germans had ended up living in a world
where Auschwitz existed.
Ashes in the Snow is a
powerful book. It was an intriguing
mystery and kept me reading far too long into the night. The horrors of the camp were often really
hard to read. There was a particularly
graphic scene involving the death of a baby at the beginning that will disturb
readers. I really liked Hugo’s
reflections as he tried to rationalize how his actions and those of his fellow
citizens could have led to Auschwitz.
The characters were all intriguing and many were much more than they
seemed at first. I found the ending of
the novel to be very satisfying with a glimmer a good amongst the horror.
This novel was inspired
by the author’s great uncle’s experiences in a concentration camp. As a young man, the author interviewed his
uncle and learned the horrifying details of his experiences. This is explained in an interesting author’s
note at the start of the novel.
Overall, Ashes in the
Snow is a dark, but riveting historical mystery novel.
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