Death on the Graf Zeppelin

A Lady Hay Investigates Mystery by Shelley Adina Bates

A historic flight. A pioneering woman journalist. A murder that must never make the headlines.

In 1928, Lady Grace Drummond-Hay is making history aboard the Graf Zeppelin, becoming the first woman to cross the Atlantic by passenger airship. But her once-in-a-lifetime assignment takes a deadly turn when a young stowaway is found dead.

The ship's commander wants the death investigated quietly. Grace is convinced it was murder.

With just four days before the airship lands in America, Grace must identify a killer among the passengers before they disappear into the welcoming crowds. Her only ally? Karl von Wiegand, the fellow journalist who broke her heart six months earlier.

Inspired by a real historic voyage and featuring fascinating figures from aviation history, Death on the Graf Zeppelin is a captivating historical mystery filled with intrigue, danger, and a second chance at love.

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Praise for Death on the Graf Zeppelin

“... brings one of history’s most extraordinary trips vividly to life, then adds an ingenious mystery, memorable characters, and a real-life heroine I was cheering from beginning to end.”

—Nancy Warren, USA Today bestselling author

About the Author

Shelley Adina Bates writes mysteries as a member of Sisters in Crime and Crime Writers of Canada. She is the author of some 60 novels—steampunk adventure, cozy fantasy mystery, and deeply researched historical mystery—and under the name Adina Senft, is the USA Today bestselling author of Amish women’s fiction. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in the UK. She lives near the Silicon Valley in California.

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