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Murder in the Castle A Miss Merkel Mystery Book

Anyone interested in Germany or Ms Merkel and wanting a light easy read for a flight or long weekend should look into this book. It is translated from the original Germany and imagines Merkel, her husband Achim, their bodyguard and a pug named Putin moving to a small village for relaxation. Much like Murder She Wrote, Angela stumbles across a murder and decides to investigate it.

If you are looking for a PD James novel, this isn't it. But it's a breezy easy read with a nod and a wink to world leaders-Trump and Putin are named more than once and as is a certain electric car millionaire. I enjoyed it and having a knowledge of Merkel does help-like her love of black pants and blazers and her diplomacy. It's a nice escapism.

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Thank you Heather, I will definitely look for this book.

Along those lines, I've read 2 books by Adriana Licio:

"The Watchman of Rothenburg Dies" takes place in Rothenburg obdT, and
"A Wedding and a Funeral in Mecklenberg" takes place in Mecklenberg

Both books were fun to read, especially as my wife and I like Rothernburg, and were going there again after reading the book. I actually brought the book to Rothenburg, took the Night Watchman tour again, and had the Night Watchman autograph my book. It was a lot of fun, showing him a book in which he is murdered.

Anyway, thank you for the recommendation!

Update: I searched on 5 public libraries around here for an e-book download, could not find any. So I probably will purchase a paper copy from Amazon.

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My library or digital library service did not have the book, either. I did purchase a kindle copy off Amazon. The hard copy on Amazon was twice the price.

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I bought the kindle version as I don't have a lot of room for books. I tried to read the original German book, but discovered my German is not that good yet.:)

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Off topic, but a Merkel doppelganger made an appearance in a performance of Don Giovanni I attended in Berlin in May.