A stunning, dark and frighteningly authentic crime thriller. Death Zones is set in 1943, first on the eastern front and then in Hamburg. Simon Pasternak manages to convey the sheer horrors of both time and place in such a skilful manner that at times the book is hard to read yet impossible to put down

Excellent

Haunting... compelling

Pasternak is a talented writer and vividly recreates the unbearable horrors inflicted by the Nazis... Death Zones is skilfully done

A dark, twisted world of corruption and deception… Pasternak is unflinching in his portrayal of the period’s brutality, which is reflected in the invariably violent characters and the occasional raving sadists who occupy it

An outstanding, troubling...and compelling novel... Brilliant... It is a testimony to evil and how it consumes its victims and corrupts its perpetrators

This novel is remarkable for its authenticity, this is a fiercely determined act of imagining... Heart-rending.

Richly imaginative, memorable story

With its vivid Cornwall setting and a house full of shadows, The Stranger has echoes of Daphne Du Maurier but its riveting in its own right

A beautifully written tale of family secrets, loves and losses, set against the magical Cornish coastline. I loved it

A fabulous twisting tale, so beautifully written that the pages practically turned themselves. I couldn't put it down

A beautiful and intriguing page-turner, where the secrets of the past cast long shadows. Cornwall springs to life in vivid colour

Beautifully written and unputdownable. I loved it

An enthralling tale of secrets, the twists and turns will have you hooked to the very last breathtaking page

An atmospheric whodunit set in the Second World War

A beautifully woven, immersive story that completely transported me

With such vivid, mysterious characters and an atmospheric setting, the echoes of Du Maurier's Cornwall are on every page. Brilliant!

A wonderful, gripping, beautifully written book. From the first page, I didn't want to put it down - and by the second half I literally couldn't put it down

Beautiful and haunting, you'll struggle to put down this mysterious tale

Wonderfully atmospheric and utterly engrossing. I hardly moved until I had read to the very last word

Take an isolated house, family secrets, a divine Cornish setting, the tensions of war and you have all the ingredients for a tale where the pages take on a life of their own. The Stranger is wound tight as a clock, ticking down the days leading up to the disappearance of a young woman. It will stay with you long after the last breathtaking pages turn

So beguiling that I truly didn't want it to end. A captivating novel that pulls you into another time and place

The novel is cinematic, and the vividness of the Cornish landscape and its history of smugglers and pirates add to its charm. An engaging page-turner with a surprising twist at the end

Praise for The Girl in the Photograph

Rich and atmospheric, like Rebecca this novel casts an enduring spell

Full of slow-burning tension

A sweeping saga of secrets and ghosts

A well executed, brooding, creepy atmosphere

A prickly story full of tension

Spoils reeks of the fog and futility of war… It has its own blue-collar beauty as it tells its tale from three perspectives: a gay, female US soldier, an Egyptian jihadist and a US tank commander.

Brian Van Reet has firsthand combat experience to draw upon for this powerful piece of fiction, rendering it an intensely humane story, giving credible authenticity to the plot, and scenes presented to the reader… Enlightening, thought provoking and hauntingly mesmerising, I cannot recommend Spoils highly enough to anyone interested in novels about war and conflict.

Every page brims with brutal authenticity.

Spoils bears eye-widening witness to valour, horror, violence, cruelty and absurdity.