Consternation in the Hangman's Guild!
The Council of Twelve (The Hangman's Daughter #7) by Oliver Pötzsch
The Kuisl family travels to the Munich of 1672. Jakob, has a Hangman's Guild meeting--The Council of Twelve. However as usual nothing is ever simple with the Kuisls. But then that's the norm for the empire's executioners. Needed and yet despised, seen as the lowest of the low by the empire's citizens.
It seems a serial killer is at large murdering young women in a series of bizarre ways. Simon, Magdalena's physician husband has written a treatise on cleanliness and well-being that he's trying to bring to bring to the attention of a famous physician in Munich. Jakob has decided to marry his daughter Barbara to a fellow hangman (against her loud protests!). Magdalena gets caught up in a Bavarian silk factory scandal that takes her into danger, her son Peter meets a prince and Paul makes the acquaintance of a lively gang of street boys.
As murder stalks the streets of Munich, the Hangman's Guild becomes entangled.
A fabulous look at the times, laws and customs of Munich and Bavaria. Well researched and as always with the Hangman's Daughter series, a fascinating and strong read!
A NetGalley ARC
*****
The Kuisl family travels to the Munich of 1672. Jakob, has a Hangman's Guild meeting--The Council of Twelve. However as usual nothing is ever simple with the Kuisls. But then that's the norm for the empire's executioners. Needed and yet despised, seen as the lowest of the low by the empire's citizens.
It seems a serial killer is at large murdering young women in a series of bizarre ways. Simon, Magdalena's physician husband has written a treatise on cleanliness and well-being that he's trying to bring to bring to the attention of a famous physician in Munich. Jakob has decided to marry his daughter Barbara to a fellow hangman (against her loud protests!). Magdalena gets caught up in a Bavarian silk factory scandal that takes her into danger, her son Peter meets a prince and Paul makes the acquaintance of a lively gang of street boys.
As murder stalks the streets of Munich, the Hangman's Guild becomes entangled.
A fabulous look at the times, laws and customs of Munich and Bavaria. Well researched and as always with the Hangman's Daughter series, a fascinating and strong read!
A NetGalley ARC
*****
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