Murder on the Graf Zeppelin - Samir Machado de Machado
Samir Machado de Machado
Published 5 November 2026
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- Pages · 160 pages
- Publication Date · 05/11/2026
- Genre · Fiction in translation
'A novel with the lightness of Agatha Christie's works and the depth of the most important moments in history' - Michel Laub, author of Diary of the Fall
A zeppelin leaves Nazi Germany bound for Rio de Janeiro. For those on board it's a luxury holiday, until one of them is murdered.
Police Detective Bruno Br�ckner, travelling on the airship, is immediately asked to investigate - and soon discovers that the murdered man was not the proud Nazi he claimed to be. What's more, he was carrying a stash of banned 'degenerate' material.
As Br�ckner interviews his fellow passengers - a wealthy baroness, an antisemitic doctor, a debonair Englishman - his inquiries will uncover a startling story of fake identities, queer love and revenge, where nothing is as it appears, until finally the secret of the 'good Nazi' is revealed...
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