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 Brückner investigates - 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 Brückner interviews his fellow passengers - a wealthy baroness, an antisemitic doctor, a debonair Englishman - his inquiries will uncover a startling story of fake identities, forbidden love and revenge, where nothing is as it appears...



Samir Machado de Machado is an award-winning Brazilian writer, translator and graphic designer. He has won the Jabuti Prize for Best Entertainment Novel twice, for Dry Bodies and The Good Nazi, and received the Minuano Literature Prize. His novels have been translated into French, Italian and English. He was born in Porto Alegre in 1981.Rahul Bery translates from Spanish and Portuguese. Recent translations include books by José Henrique Bortoluci, Samir Machado de Machado, Vicente Luis Mora and Michel Nieva.



The ingenious answer [to the mystery] is only one of the many pleasures to be found in this powerfully atmospheric novel



There's an ingenious twist to this gripping and queasily resonant thriller, as well as a fascinating insight into the lost world of zeppelin travel



Taking the locked room crime novel to a whole new twisty level, this is set on board a luxurious transatlantic airship



A real contender for the year's most satisfying closing line...[A conclusion with a] fierce sense of justice and a twist that can only be called perfect



An ingenious riff on the locked-room mystery... Fast-paced and tightly plotted, the novel is both a clever whodunit and an astute portrayal of the fears and beliefs of a culture being exploited to nefarious ends. A delicious final twist provides the cherry on top. Fans of historical mysteries should consider this a must



An enjoyable period tale that will keep the armchair detective entertained and guessing the secrets right to the end... Its core moral is about the triumph of decency over fascism. Machado de Machado's prose is elegant and concise... and the confined setting of the Zeppelin ensures a claustrophobic tightness is maintained



An effective locked room mystery with a clear moral content... A well-realised cast provides insight into the twisted psyche of fascists in a manner made relevant for today



A Nazi zeppelin whodunit... Machado has made a fine entertainment. A murder in mid-air is inherently intriguing, and the eventual explanation displays appropriate chutzpah. At the same time the book works well as a historical and a political novel. Not bad for just 156 pages



Politics and crime united in an ironic adventure through history - both of the twentieth century and contemporary Brazil. A novel with the lightness of Agatha Christie's works and the depth of the most important moments in history.



The resolution is thrilling [and] serves as a liberating reminder that good can still overcome evil... An engrossing murder mystery novel set during one of the most dangerous momentsin modern history



All is not what it seems, with several twists and an absolutely delightful denouement



A defining moment in history is the backdrop for a tidy whodunit