Lawhon (The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress) fictionalizes the three-day transatlantic flight of the German passenger airship Hindenburg before it exploded on May 6, 1937, while trying to dock at -Lakehurst, NJ. Although the ship's fiery end (from which came the radio newscast featuring the oft-quoted " Oh, the humanity!") would seemingly not require any more drama, the author escalates the tension with a variety of subplots involving ill-fated romance, increasing prejudice against the Jewish passengers, dark revenge schemes, and-on the lighter side-a hapless cabin boy who ends up in all the wrong places. The chapters alternate from the perspectives of "The Stewardess," "The Journalist," "The Navigator," "The American," and "The Cabin Boy," and the multiple viewpoints, short chapters, and even shorter sentences should keep readers engaged. The crew and passengers and some of the conversations were plucked directly from historical accounts, although they never quite come to life as real people here; the clever banter, elaborate plot twists, and period detail will be appreciated by lovers of historical fiction. VERDICT Readers of Melanie Benjamin's The Aviator's Wife or Nancy Horan's Under the Wide and Starry Sky should find this entertaining. [See Prepub Alert, 8/31/15.]-Elizabeth Safford, -Boxford Town Lib., MA © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.