Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon

The doomed flight of the Hindenburg is something that we know a bit about but this book takes into account the politics, intrigue and atmosphere of the world before Hitler's surge to power. We view a collection of diverse people - the only female flight attendant and her would-be boyfriend, the journalist couple whose son is being held hostage to insure their loyalty, the military, the wealthy businessman and his family and the American whose reason for being on board is suspicious. Ariel Lawhon has taken this flying Nazi hotel and made it real for us. We have access to the late night conversations in the smoking lounge, the strained dinners between the diverse passenger list as well as the dreams and fears of those aboard. Who the good guys and the bad guys aboard the ship of dreams are is as cloudy as the skies above. Historical fiction with the all too real politics makes for one really great mystery.