By: Oriana Ramunno A spellbinding murder mystery with the plotting and characterization of Louise Penny or Agatha Christie set in Auschwitz at Christmas, 1943. Auschwitz, 1943. Its snowing outside and Block 10 looks even bleaker than usual.GioeleErrera, a young Jewish boy imprisoned in the camp, finds the body of an SS officer. Detective Hugo Fischer is sent to investigate the unexplained death of the renowned Nazi. But Hugo is hiding a secret he is suffering from a degenerative disease. The only way for him to survive is to give his support to the Reich and hide his condition. In Auschwitz, Hugo comes face to face not only with a complex murder, but with a truth that of the Final Solution. And he is forced to decide what is most important to him and who, if anyone, he should try to save Inspired by the authors family history, this wonderfully atmospheric page-turner, set during World War II, introduces a memorable herothe flawed and fascinating Hugo Fischer.