Murder at the Castle: A Miss Merkel Mystery
ABOUT
THE BOOK
After a gruelling stint as the most powerful woman in the world, Angela Merkel retires to an idyllic German village. But it isn’t easy to settle into country life. Baking and hiking just aren’t that exciting. So when the local aristocrat is found dead in a castle dungeon locked from the inside, new life stirs in Angela. Finally there’s a problem that needs solving! Supported by her husband, her bodyguard and their pug Putin, Angela embarks on a dangerous hunt for the killer. Will she find him – or her? Or will she be finished off first?
Forget Miss Marple. Here comes Miss Merkel.
Original title in German Miss Merkel: Mord in der Uckermark, published by Kindler (2021)
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Jamie
Bulloch
Jamie Bulloch is the translator of novels by Timur Vermes, Birgit Vanderbeke, Arno Geiger, Steven Uhly, Robert Menasse and Roland Schimmelpfennig, and of crime novels by Romy Hausmann, Sebastian Fitzek and Oliver Bottini. For his translation of Birgit Vanderbeke’s The Mussel Feast he was the winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize.
Jamie Bulloch is the translator of novels by Timur Vermes, Birgit Vanderbeke, Arno Geiger, Steven Uhly, Robert Menasse and Roland Schimmelpfennig, and of crime novels by Romy Hausmann, Sebastian Fitzek and Oliver Bottini. For his translation of Birgit Vanderbeke’s The Mussel Feast he was the winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
In David Safier’s novel „Murder at the Castle“, the former chancellor Angela Merkel turns amateur detective. Recently retired and already bored with her new life, she dives into a puzzling murder case in rural eastern Germany. Armed with political instinct and interpersonal skills, she investigates among aristocrats, confronts village silence – and runs into former voters and skeptics alike. Following in the footsteps of legendary detectives, Merkel keeps a cool head as she searches for the truth. (Stadtbibliothek Bremen)