The Council of Twelve - Couverture souple

Pötzsch, Oliver

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1328508315 ISBN 13 : 9781328508317

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2018

Synopsis

The Council of Twelve is the seventh book in Hangman’s Daughter, the million-copy bestselling series.

The year is 1672. Hangman Jakob Kuisl and his family travel to Munich, the cosmopolitan heart of Bavaria, for a meeting of the prestigious Council of Twelve, the leaders of the empire’s hangmen’s guild—prestigious for dishonorable hangmen, at least. But something dark is happening behind the scenes: in the past weeks, young women have begun turning up dead. At first, the authorities assume they are a rash of suicides, but when Kuisl notices that each woman possesses a matching amulet, suspicions arise that someone is murdering them. With no suspects, the superstitious townsfolk of Munich blame the hangmen’s guild, certain that they have called the devil upon the city. Joined by his daughter Magdalena, son-in-law Simon, the rest of his extended family, and a slew of eccentric hangmen, Kuisl must solve the mystery of who is murdering the women. If he fails, the consequences could reverberate across the empire, affecting all the hangmen in Germany.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Oliver Pötzsch, born in 1970, has worked for years as a scriptwriter for Bavarian television. He is a descendant of one of Bavaria’s leading dynasties of executioners. Pötzsch lives in Munich with his family.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1328508315
• ISBN 13: 9781328508317
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512
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