the truth. Hoffmann soon finds evidence of corruption at the highest levels of the SS. He is determined to catch the killer - but he must trust no one. Winner of the Danish Crime Book Award. Simon Pasternak is a Danish author, screenwriter and publisher living in Copenhagen. He is the co-author of a bestselling crime series with Christian Dorph, and has co-written two feature films including the historical thriller, The Idealist. Death Zones is his first solo novel, for which he drew inspiration from his own family history and Jewish roots in Russia and Eastern Europe.