![]() ![]() I enjoyed the story very much, the author put in just enough history to make it enjoyable but didn’t dwell on the details to make the narrative drag. ![]() Nevertheless, it was the right time, and I had the right book. I’m sure many bibliophile know exactly what I’m talking about. I bought this book when it was on sale, and it took me a few years to read it. He must either fine the killer, or execute an innocent woman to prevent more being killed. He has a tight timeline, if the religious witch hunter arrives, many women will be charged and executed. The townspeople are sure that witchcraft is involved, and arrest the town’s midwife, Martha Stechlin and Jacob is charged with torturing her to extract a confession.Ī learned man, Jacob doesn’t believe in witchcraft and investigates the boy’s murder himself. The town’s hangman/unofficial medic, Jakob Kuisi, is asked to investigate. ![]() Pötzsch is a German writer and filmmaker.Ī dying boy, crudely tattooed, is pulled out from the river. The Hangman’s Daughter (Die Henkerstochter) by Oliver Pötzsch is a murder/mystery novel which takes place at the Bavarian town of Schongau in 1659. For more reviews and bookish posts visit: ![]()
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