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Die Henkerstochter #5
Vrag iz Bamberga
Jesen 1668...
Schongauski krvnik Jakob Kuisl putuje u Bamberg sa svojom obitelji na vjenčanje svoga brata, također krvnika Bartholomäusa. Čim stigne, sazna da Bambergom hara okrutni ubojica.
Prvo su se u rijeci Regnitz pojavili odrezani ljudski udovi, a zatim su i u gradu pronađena tijela brutalno ubijenih građana. Očevici tvrde da su na ulicama Bamberga uočili golemu divlju životinju pa se gradom ubrzo počinje širiti priča o vukodlaku. U gradu nastaje panika i nitko se više ne osjeća sigurnim.
Prvi osumnjičeni privode se na ispitivanje u gradsku tamnicu. Bude se i sjećanja na bamberški progon vještica otprije trideset godina i mnogi se građani počinju bojati da bi se povijest mogla ponoviti. Napetost je na vrhuncu i Jakob Kuisl mora djelovati brzo ako želi spriječiti novi lov na vještice. Sa svojom kćeri Magdalenom i medikusom Simonom Fronwieserom, krvnik pronalazi svježe tragove koji ga odvode do bamberškog vraga…
Schongauski krvnik Jakob Kuisl putuje u Bamberg sa svojom obitelji na vjenčanje svoga brata, također krvnika Bartholomäusa. Čim stigne, sazna da Bambergom hara okrutni ubojica.
Prvo su se u rijeci Regnitz pojavili odrezani ljudski udovi, a zatim su i u gradu pronađena tijela brutalno ubijenih građana. Očevici tvrde da su na ulicama Bamberga uočili golemu divlju životinju pa se gradom ubrzo počinje širiti priča o vukodlaku. U gradu nastaje panika i nitko se više ne osjeća sigurnim.
Prvi osumnjičeni privode se na ispitivanje u gradsku tamnicu. Bude se i sjećanja na bamberški progon vještica otprije trideset godina i mnogi se građani počinju bojati da bi se povijest mogla ponoviti. Napetost je na vrhuncu i Jakob Kuisl mora djelovati brzo ako želi spriječiti novi lov na vještice. Sa svojom kćeri Magdalenom i medikusom Simonom Fronwieserom, krvnik pronalazi svježe tragove koji ga odvode do bamberškog vraga…
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First published August 8, 2014
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Oliver Pötzsch
38 books2,190 followersOliver Pötzsch is a German writer and filmmaker. After high school he attended the German School of Journalism in Munich from 1992 to 1997. He then worked for Radio Bavaria. In addition to his professional activities in radio and television, Pötzsch researched his family history. He is a descendant of the Kuisle, from the 16th to the 19th Century a famous dynasty of executioners in Schongau.
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July 14, 2023
A crazy mix of a witchhunting madness and a serial murders investigations. Good enough for such genre but quiete mediocre if you're not into histirical fiction and serial killers. The author ded a good job with blending together history and modern detective trends - the plot is intriguing and dynamic but there's also a lot of intresting facts form the life of a XVII cenruty Germany. At least intresting for me: hangman's job, social structure and witchtrials that were based on a real events, or so the author claims...
Amusing but basic read - don't expect anything great or super fascinating.
Amusing but basic read - don't expect anything great or super fascinating.
April 25, 2019
In 1668 the whole Kuisl family (three generations) are going to attend the wedding of the patriarch’s brother in Bamberg. There’s a tension between the two brothers that has its root many years ago. Apart from that and the usual quarrels among family members everyone is looking forward to the event. Unfortunately there is a growing restlessness in Bamberg after body parts were found in the river and various people gone missing. The (still) good citizens of Bamberg suspect a werewolf on the loose. But, of course, there are no such things as werewolves ... or are there?
This fifth installment in the Hangman’s Daughter series was the best so far for me. The characters develop just the way they should, I suppose. Jakob Kuisl, the hangman, is slowly loosing his strength and agility. One could say he slowly becomes an old man (at the age of 56) while his oldest daughter Magdalena starts holding the reins, and it is clear that such a change of generations does not take place without some conflict. The younger twins, Georg and Barabara, are now old enough and both have their important roles to play here too. Speaking of roles: A subplot involves a troupe who have set up their winter quarters in Bamberg and perform various plays (including Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus as well as one written by a guy called Shakespeare who was not so well-known at the time the story is set).
I was also interested in the historical background, even though it happened 40 years before the actual story: The witch trials in Bamberg. Around 1630 many hundreds of so called “witches” were tortured and executed. They even built their own torture prison, called Druden- or Malefizhaus; a kind of precursor of Guantanamo. Many of the people involved at that time, including the executioner, are still alive today and the events of that time threaten to repeat themselves.
All this, paranoia and superstition, hatred, power games and revenge are, I think, portrayed very well and vividly in this novel. and that's actually what I like best about all the books in this series, which I am now going to finish (two more books left).
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This fifth installment in the Hangman’s Daughter series was the best so far for me. The characters develop just the way they should, I suppose. Jakob Kuisl, the hangman, is slowly loosing his strength and agility. One could say he slowly becomes an old man (at the age of 56) while his oldest daughter Magdalena starts holding the reins, and it is clear that such a change of generations does not take place without some conflict. The younger twins, Georg and Barabara, are now old enough and both have their important roles to play here too. Speaking of roles: A subplot involves a troupe who have set up their winter quarters in Bamberg and perform various plays (including Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus as well as one written by a guy called Shakespeare who was not so well-known at the time the story is set).
I was also interested in the historical background, even though it happened 40 years before the actual story: The witch trials in Bamberg. Around 1630 many hundreds of so called “witches” were tortured and executed. They even built their own torture prison, called Druden- or Malefizhaus; a kind of precursor of Guantanamo. Many of the people involved at that time, including the executioner, are still alive today and the events of that time threaten to repeat themselves.
All this, paranoia and superstition, hatred, power games and revenge are, I think, portrayed very well and vividly in this novel. and that's actually what I like best about all the books in this series, which I am now going to finish (two more books left).
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April 2, 2017
The good thing about listening to MP3 CD's is that a nearly-600-page book fit on two discs, so I don't have to worry about having to change discs mid-commute. (I'm not an idiot, so I'm not going to do it while in motion, and have you ever noticed that when you need a red light for something like this they all magically turn green? Next time you're running late, drop something you kind of need out of reach, or smudge your glasses so that they need to be wiped. Voila: green lights through to your destination.)
The bad thing about listening to MP3 CD's is that there is less sense of how far I've managed to progress in those 600 pages. And it felt like those two discs were in my car's CD player for months. It actually was one month. It felt like the story could have been told much, much more economically.
I find it fascinating that author Oliver Pötzsch is "a descendant of one of Bavaria's leading dynasties of executioners". He has embraced that ancestry, and uses it as the backbone of this series about Jakob Kuisl, the hangman of Schongau, and his family. (I don't think I realized this was the fifth book of the series when I found it on eBay.) Hangman – which means not only executioner but torturer. Thing is, he might have embraced it just a wee tad bit too closely, because that trade was rather lovingly explored in these almost-600 pages, to a degree that became kind of disturbing. No – not gonna lie: it's gorge-risingly explicit at times. There were times I deeply regretted experiencing this as an audiobook, because on paper or Kindle I could have skimmed over the descriptions of torture. This way, with Grover Gardner enunciating every word, I couldn't miss a thing, and there are things which have left marks.
There is a lot going on in this book. Jakob and his family – his daughters Barbara and Magdalena, and Magdalena's husband Simon and their two sons – make their way from Schongau to Bamberg to attend his long-estranged brother's wedding, and en route the train they are traveling with is halted when a severed arm is discovered. It being 1668 in the dark woods of the Reich, superstitious fear ramps up almost immediately – and it's a great beginning to a creepy tale of werewolves and serial killers, fog and abandoned houses, blood and death and scattered body parts and … theatre. Because just after the Kuisls arrive in Bamberg (and I think it's fun that Simon is included in the Kuisl family rather than his own) there arrives a theatre troupe planning to spend the winter in the city performing German translations of Shakespeare and Marlowe and lots more (including Peter Squenz, a play featuring (originating?) the Rude Mechanicals from Midsummer).
The eeriness of the setting is well done. This is a city riddled with empty homes, places which – whether shabby or elegant, large or small – have never been taken over by the homeless or people trying to move up in the world. The story behind that is horrifying, and while I'm not entirely sure everyone in the city, including the homeless, would allow fear of hauntings keep them from appropriating some very nice abandoned houses, I'll let that pass. The 17th century is brought to life in all its mud and filth and rawness. The narrative can become a bit drawn-out, a bit repetitive (oh goody, the elderly (for their time) brothers are brawling again), and there is a certain amount of recapping in which one character will fill in someone who missed something, which is always annoying (yes I know I was there), but suspenseful scenes are very suspenseful, and while I half-guessed the solution of the mystery I didn't come anywhere near the actual full explanation. And many of the drawbacks of the book are to an extent saved by the characters. I like these people. Well, not really our two irascible hangmen, Jakob Kuisl and his brother Bartholomaus, the hangman of Bamberg (Bartl); their characters were not built to be liked – but his daughters, Magdalena's husband Simon, Simon's friend Samuel, Bartl's fiancée, the actors, the old lye-scarred caretaker. Each has a beautifully well-rounded personality, each is immediately identifiable by his or her speech or actions (Magdalena would have behaved very differently from Barbara in the same situations, and vice versa). I thought Simon was terrific – very intelligent, a little milquetoast, completely deferential to his wife, and completely comfortable with that. I loved the relationship between him and his father-in-law. I'm not compelled to go collect the rest of the series, except that I would be happy to get more of Simon's story.
And, of course, Grover Gardner's narration was excellent. Character voices, non-English pronunciations, and gallons of blood all are child's play to this man and his marvelous voice.
My primary problem with the book, and this is perhaps a little spoiler-y so skip this last paragraph if you're wary, is that here you have Simon, who was about to become a doctor when that choice was taken away from him, and his friend Samuel who is a physician. And there you have … oh, dear, I've forgotten: was it one of the bishops? (Here's one of the problems with audiobooks: I can't remember, and I can't check.) Anyway. There you have this gentleman with an apparent bite wound and some escalating symptoms. About five minutes after he first started explaining what he was going through, I made a diagnosis. Then things move along, and with every virtual page I was more and more certain: it was rabies. And Simon and Samuel just kept puzzling over what it could be, and I began to want to yank them both out of the book and shake them – for pete's sake, how many more clues do you need?? I began to doubt my assumptions that rabies has been around forever and that well-educated physicians ought to know what it was … and then one or the other of the two physicians actually uses the word "rabid". Meaning "obsessive" or "fervent", not "hydrophobic". I wish I knew if that was a translation choice or Pötzsch's, because honestly that just made me a little rabid. Even when the bishop (?) started becoming averse to liquids, they didn't get it. No light bulb. No "aha". It was a little ridiculous.
The bad thing about listening to MP3 CD's is that there is less sense of how far I've managed to progress in those 600 pages. And it felt like those two discs were in my car's CD player for months. It actually was one month. It felt like the story could have been told much, much more economically.
I find it fascinating that author Oliver Pötzsch is "a descendant of one of Bavaria's leading dynasties of executioners". He has embraced that ancestry, and uses it as the backbone of this series about Jakob Kuisl, the hangman of Schongau, and his family. (I don't think I realized this was the fifth book of the series when I found it on eBay.) Hangman – which means not only executioner but torturer. Thing is, he might have embraced it just a wee tad bit too closely, because that trade was rather lovingly explored in these almost-600 pages, to a degree that became kind of disturbing. No – not gonna lie: it's gorge-risingly explicit at times. There were times I deeply regretted experiencing this as an audiobook, because on paper or Kindle I could have skimmed over the descriptions of torture. This way, with Grover Gardner enunciating every word, I couldn't miss a thing, and there are things which have left marks.
There is a lot going on in this book. Jakob and his family – his daughters Barbara and Magdalena, and Magdalena's husband Simon and their two sons – make their way from Schongau to Bamberg to attend his long-estranged brother's wedding, and en route the train they are traveling with is halted when a severed arm is discovered. It being 1668 in the dark woods of the Reich, superstitious fear ramps up almost immediately – and it's a great beginning to a creepy tale of werewolves and serial killers, fog and abandoned houses, blood and death and scattered body parts and … theatre. Because just after the Kuisls arrive in Bamberg (and I think it's fun that Simon is included in the Kuisl family rather than his own) there arrives a theatre troupe planning to spend the winter in the city performing German translations of Shakespeare and Marlowe and lots more (including Peter Squenz, a play featuring (originating?) the Rude Mechanicals from Midsummer).
The eeriness of the setting is well done. This is a city riddled with empty homes, places which – whether shabby or elegant, large or small – have never been taken over by the homeless or people trying to move up in the world. The story behind that is horrifying, and while I'm not entirely sure everyone in the city, including the homeless, would allow fear of hauntings keep them from appropriating some very nice abandoned houses, I'll let that pass. The 17th century is brought to life in all its mud and filth and rawness. The narrative can become a bit drawn-out, a bit repetitive (oh goody, the elderly (for their time) brothers are brawling again), and there is a certain amount of recapping in which one character will fill in someone who missed something, which is always annoying (yes I know I was there), but suspenseful scenes are very suspenseful, and while I half-guessed the solution of the mystery I didn't come anywhere near the actual full explanation. And many of the drawbacks of the book are to an extent saved by the characters. I like these people. Well, not really our two irascible hangmen, Jakob Kuisl and his brother Bartholomaus, the hangman of Bamberg (Bartl); their characters were not built to be liked – but his daughters, Magdalena's husband Simon, Simon's friend Samuel, Bartl's fiancée, the actors, the old lye-scarred caretaker. Each has a beautifully well-rounded personality, each is immediately identifiable by his or her speech or actions (Magdalena would have behaved very differently from Barbara in the same situations, and vice versa). I thought Simon was terrific – very intelligent, a little milquetoast, completely deferential to his wife, and completely comfortable with that. I loved the relationship between him and his father-in-law. I'm not compelled to go collect the rest of the series, except that I would be happy to get more of Simon's story.
And, of course, Grover Gardner's narration was excellent. Character voices, non-English pronunciations, and gallons of blood all are child's play to this man and his marvelous voice.
My primary problem with the book, and this is perhaps a little spoiler-y so skip this last paragraph if you're wary, is that here you have Simon, who was about to become a doctor when that choice was taken away from him, and his friend Samuel who is a physician. And there you have … oh, dear, I've forgotten: was it one of the bishops? (Here's one of the problems with audiobooks: I can't remember, and I can't check.) Anyway. There you have this gentleman with an apparent bite wound and some escalating symptoms. About five minutes after he first started explaining what he was going through, I made a diagnosis. Then things move along, and with every virtual page I was more and more certain: it was rabies. And Simon and Samuel just kept puzzling over what it could be, and I began to want to yank them both out of the book and shake them – for pete's sake, how many more clues do you need?? I began to doubt my assumptions that rabies has been around forever and that well-educated physicians ought to know what it was … and then one or the other of the two physicians actually uses the word "rabid". Meaning "obsessive" or "fervent", not "hydrophobic". I wish I knew if that was a translation choice or Pötzsch's, because honestly that just made me a little rabid. Even when the bishop (?) started becoming averse to liquids, they didn't get it. No light bulb. No "aha". It was a little ridiculous.
January 8, 2022
I have read the majority of Oliver Poetzch's Hangman's Daughter series and this one was, by some margin, the least enjoyable.
Jakob, the Bavarian smalltown Hangman makes his living, not only by hanging people but also by torturing them to obtain a confession of their foul deeds, executing them in other ways (beheading, drawing and quartering, etc.), and serving as a physician of sorts to the poor. He is, for the most part, actually a thoughtful, nice kind of guy, whose job calls for the occasional execution or mutilation of another person - many of us have had jobs that have had a bit of a downside, after all.
He, his two daughters and the eldest daughter's husband are invited to his brother's wedding. This is a bit odd for a couple of reasons; he and his brother have been on bad terms and haven't since they were twelve and eight. Bartl, the brother, is the hangman in the larger and more prosperous town of Bamberg and Jakob's son is his apprentice.
On the way to Bamberg, they discover various human body parts including an arm. It turns out that several people have recently disappeared in Bamberg and those disappearances have been attributed to a werewolf. Understandably, the town is up in arms - normally, Bamberg is a kind of down in arms sorta place. The two hangmen and their relatives, being a curious lot, cannot help but become involved. Chaos ensues.
Although I have thoroughly enjoyed the previous Hangman's Daughter books, I found this one to be rather disappointingly written. Poetzsch seemed to have the Dumas quality of being paid by the word, the result being that the pace was sorely lacking in much of the book; agonizingly so at the end which never seemed to arrive.
Additionally, the hangmen brothers were so preposterously argumentative that they argued at length under the most ridiculous circumstances. For example, while in the middle of a house that was literally burning down they went on and on as to what should be done while people, including the hangmen's younger daughter, were held captive somewhere in the large burning home. The senselessness of these protracted arguments was mindboggling and so irrational that it greatly detracted from the quality of the story.
On a number of occasions, I was simply bored and wanted the damn thing to end.
Clearly, I cannot recommend this book to any sentient being although some republicans might enjoy it for the more gory portions involving torture.
The End
Jakob, the Bavarian smalltown Hangman makes his living, not only by hanging people but also by torturing them to obtain a confession of their foul deeds, executing them in other ways (beheading, drawing and quartering, etc.), and serving as a physician of sorts to the poor. He is, for the most part, actually a thoughtful, nice kind of guy, whose job calls for the occasional execution or mutilation of another person - many of us have had jobs that have had a bit of a downside, after all.
He, his two daughters and the eldest daughter's husband are invited to his brother's wedding. This is a bit odd for a couple of reasons; he and his brother have been on bad terms and haven't since they were twelve and eight. Bartl, the brother, is the hangman in the larger and more prosperous town of Bamberg and Jakob's son is his apprentice.
On the way to Bamberg, they discover various human body parts including an arm. It turns out that several people have recently disappeared in Bamberg and those disappearances have been attributed to a werewolf. Understandably, the town is up in arms - normally, Bamberg is a kind of down in arms sorta place. The two hangmen and their relatives, being a curious lot, cannot help but become involved. Chaos ensues.
Although I have thoroughly enjoyed the previous Hangman's Daughter books, I found this one to be rather disappointingly written. Poetzsch seemed to have the Dumas quality of being paid by the word, the result being that the pace was sorely lacking in much of the book; agonizingly so at the end which never seemed to arrive.
Additionally, the hangmen brothers were so preposterously argumentative that they argued at length under the most ridiculous circumstances. For example, while in the middle of a house that was literally burning down they went on and on as to what should be done while people, including the hangmen's younger daughter, were held captive somewhere in the large burning home. The senselessness of these protracted arguments was mindboggling and so irrational that it greatly detracted from the quality of the story.
On a number of occasions, I was simply bored and wanted the damn thing to end.
Clearly, I cannot recommend this book to any sentient being although some republicans might enjoy it for the more gory portions involving torture.
The End
September 14, 2014
German Audiobook--several of Oliver Pötzsch's books have been translated into English. This one just came out in German, so you might have to wait a while to read it in English. This is book 5 of the Kuisl family. This time the family heads to Bamberg to attend the wedding of Jakob's brother, whom he hasn't seen for a long time, because of something that happened in their childhood. His fiancee, however, insists on inviting the family. When approaching Bamberg, they hear something in the woods and find several body parts. In Bamberg there is talk of a werewolf. Who is to blame for the killings? Is there devilish doings? a werewolf? a conspiracy? Several people are suspect, but you have to wait til almost the end to find out.
I've come to enjoy the henchman's family--hot-headed Jakob, the father, the level-headed Magdalena and the rest of the family. Pötzsch does a good job with the history of southern Germany, one feels like you come to know the cities better, while still telling a great story.
I've come to enjoy the henchman's family--hot-headed Jakob, the father, the level-headed Magdalena and the rest of the family. Pötzsch does a good job with the history of southern Germany, one feels like you come to know the cities better, while still telling a great story.
July 18, 2016
I've read all the Hangman's Daughter books in the series and I love them. I was really excited to have a new one to read. It pains me to see Jakob getting older. Magdalena is less of a spitfire than in the beginning, but she never shies away from danger. Simon is still a ninny. This one was exciting to the end, and with a good plot and lots of action.
I don't want to give anything away, but the book deals with witch trials and the belief there is a werewolf loose in Bamburg. It's such a different mindset you have to get into when you're reading something that takes place in the 1600's. You think to yourself, oh come on people, let's use some common sense here. It's so easy though, to see how easy it is to set off a chain reaction that causes so many innocent people to die, and how some blow hards manage to come out of it so much the better. I'll bet if I lived in that time, I'd be one of the first to the gallows!
I don't want to give anything away, but the book deals with witch trials and the belief there is a werewolf loose in Bamburg. It's such a different mindset you have to get into when you're reading something that takes place in the 1600's. You think to yourself, oh come on people, let's use some common sense here. It's so easy though, to see how easy it is to set off a chain reaction that causes so many innocent people to die, and how some blow hards manage to come out of it so much the better. I'll bet if I lived in that time, I'd be one of the first to the gallows!
January 29, 2016
This was a really good read, probably the best since book two of the series. It kept my interest, had great intrigue and mystery and I LOVE these characters. The book was a bit longer than it needed to be, hence the four stars.
It may happen because of the translation, but I'm a bit bothered by the description of one character, who is described as fat, large, and/or big every single time she walked into a scene in the story. There is also a physically disfigured character whose "ugliness" is mentioned every single time any other character looks at him. Both made me sad and both were, I felt, unneeded. Again, it may have been because of the translation.
Regardless, a great story, great characters, great plot and I love Jakob Kusl. I think he would be great - albeit frustrating - to know.
It may happen because of the translation, but I'm a bit bothered by the description of one character, who is described as fat, large, and/or big every single time she walked into a scene in the story. There is also a physically disfigured character whose "ugliness" is mentioned every single time any other character looks at him. Both made me sad and both were, I felt, unneeded. Again, it may have been because of the translation.
Regardless, a great story, great characters, great plot and I love Jakob Kusl. I think he would be great - albeit frustrating - to know.
September 6, 2019
Great plot with interesting characters. It is very scary and gruesome so might be a good read for Halloween. You have to be able to tolerate excessive use of the nasty s.... word as he over uses it like Stephen King. This is a series and I read this is the best one in the series on someone's review. He repeats a good bit about the witch trials from a previous book and I don't want to read that as the burning and torture of the witches upsets me too much. I hate countries that tortured "witches" as there is no such thing and it was just an excuse to steal their property as in this book. I also hate the Spanish Inquisition like you would not believe.
Oliver Potzsch descended from some executioners in Germany so he sure knows what he is writing about! They were looked down on and were almost "untouchable". Germany is so uptight about classes. I noticed that when I visited there. It is super narrow minded.
Oliver Potzsch descended from some executioners in Germany so he sure knows what he is writing about! They were looked down on and were almost "untouchable". Germany is so uptight about classes. I noticed that when I visited there. It is super narrow minded.
January 29, 2016
I LOVE the Hangman's Daughter series! Each book is a marvelous adventure and the characters are extremely well drawn. So much so, that each book reminds me of what it is like to have a German father! Oh, that stubbornness... Only downside is that now I have to wait forever for the next one.
A must-read for mystery and history lovers alike!
A must-read for mystery and history lovers alike!
February 15, 2016
It’s 1668 and the hangman of Schongau Jakob Kuisel, his daughters Barbara and Magdalena, her husband Simon and their children are in the town of Bamberg for the wedding of his brother Bartholomaus. Also a hangman, Barthomaus will break social conventions when he marries Katharina Hauser, the daughter of a prominent city clerk and celebrate with a large party. But what was planned to be a festive occasion soon turns into a nightmare when severed limbs of citizens who have gone missing are found scattered outside the city. When more body parts are found and a monstrous furry creature is sighted, running through the town rumors quickly spread that the murders are the work of a werewolf. To prove the superstition wrong, catch the real murderer, and make peace with a love-struck and rebellious daughter, Jakob and the rest of his family embark on solving the mystery of the werewolf of Bamberg.
The Werewolf of Bamberg is the fifth book in The Hangman’s Daughter series by Oliver Potzsch, who gives enough background information to allow the novel to stand alone. The plot is complex with lots of twists and turns and sub plots that keep the reader hooked and maintain suspense and mystery to the end. All the characters, whether major or minor, are fully developed with their own histories and roles in solving the mystery.
The Werewolf of Bamberg is rich in historical details, bringing the harsh realities and makeup of 17th century Bavaria to vivid life, especially the piety and superstitions of the people, who are ready to accuse and attack anyone, and the corrupt clergy and city officials, whose greed brings on a story of revenge. The Werewolf of Bamberg is both an entertaining novel and an insightful history of the time. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Reviewed for the Historical Novels Society
The Werewolf of Bamberg is the fifth book in The Hangman’s Daughter series by Oliver Potzsch, who gives enough background information to allow the novel to stand alone. The plot is complex with lots of twists and turns and sub plots that keep the reader hooked and maintain suspense and mystery to the end. All the characters, whether major or minor, are fully developed with their own histories and roles in solving the mystery.
The Werewolf of Bamberg is rich in historical details, bringing the harsh realities and makeup of 17th century Bavaria to vivid life, especially the piety and superstitions of the people, who are ready to accuse and attack anyone, and the corrupt clergy and city officials, whose greed brings on a story of revenge. The Werewolf of Bamberg is both an entertaining novel and an insightful history of the time. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Reviewed for the Historical Novels Society
April 27, 2018
After the rather weak Poisoned Pilgrim, Potzsch is back in fine form in The Werewolf of Bamberg. All characters have relevant roles to play and the story is quite good. Won’t say anything about the plot to avoid spoilers, but this is one of the most enjoyable books in the series.
December 22, 2014
Klappentext
Gemeinsam mit seiner Tochter Magdalena und ihrem Mann Simon reist der Henker Jakob Kuisl im Jahre 1668 nach Bamberg. Was als Familienbesuch geplant war, wird jedoch bald zum Alptraum: In Bamberg geht ein Mörder um. Die abgetrennten Gliedmaßen der Opfer werden im Unrat vor den Toren der Stadt gefunden. Schnell verbreitet sich das Gerücht, die Morde seien das Werk eines Werwolfs. Jakob Kuisl mag sich diesem Aberglauben nicht anschließen und macht sich auf die Suche nach dem »Teufel von Bamberg«.
Meine Meinung
Ich mag ja die Reihe um die Henkerstochter echt gerne, aber der fünfte Band hat die vorherigen noch getoppt. Ein bisschen skeptisch war ich vorher schon, weil das Buch um einiges dicker ist, als die Teile vorher, aber ich wurde nicht enttäuscht! Man kann die Bände durchaus einzeln lesen, aber zum besseren Verständnis vor allem zur Familie Kuisl wäre es besser, die Reihenfolge einzuhalten.
Oliver Pötzsch ist sich seinem Stil treu geblieben und man fühlt sich sofort in die damalige Zeit zurückversetzt. Vor allem die Dialoge wirken in ihrer leicht bayerischen Mundart sehr authentisch und nie übertrieben. Die Perspektiven wechseln zwischen den Protagonisten, was mir einen sehr guten Überblick geschaffen hat und vor allem konnte ich auch die Gedanken und Gefühle der Figuren sehr gut nachvollziehen.
Der Henker Jakob Kuisl kommt schön langsam in die Jahre. Er ist immer noch ein bärbeißiger, unwirscher und grober Kerl, der sich durch seine Arbeit eine sehr raue Schale zulegen musste. Trotzdem hab ich ihn schon lange in mein Herz geschlossen, denn das sitzt trotz seinem brutalen "Job" immer noch auf dem rechten Fleck.
Sein Bruder, Bartholomäus, von dem man in diesem Band zum ersten Mal hört, lebt einige Meilen von Jakobs Heimat in Bamberg. Warum die beiden Brüder sich schon so viele Jahre nicht gesehen haben und was sie damals auseinandergetrieben hat, ist ein wohl gehütetes Geheimnis in Jakobs Familie. Die ständigen Stänkereien sind für alle Familienmitglieder nicht einfach zu ertragen und vor allem Magdalena, Jakobs Tochter, muss oft mit ihrem vorlauten Mundwerk dazwischenfahren.
Sie ist mittlerweile mit dem Bader Simon Fronwieser verheiratet. Dadurch hat er sich einige Chancen vespielt, denn eine Henkerstochter gilt als niedrigster Stand und somit ist ihm eine hohe Laufbahn als Medicus verwehrt.
Die Morde, die das Städtchen Bamberg seit einigen Wochen erschüttern, sind mysteriös und lassen viel Spielraum für eigene Vermutungen. Der Autor hat es geschafft, keinen Moment Langeweile aufkommen zu lassen. Die vielen Verwicklungen in der Kuisl Familie, die Schauspieltruppe, die zur gleichen Zeit in Bamberg weilt und die hohen Würdenträger der Kirche, die nur allzu gerne einen Werwolf als Täter verurteilen würden, hat mich lange rätseln lassen, in welchem Zusammenhang die Morde wohl stehen. Es passiert sehr viel und die Spannung steigt gegen Ende immer mehr, während man langsam ahnt, wer tatsächlich dahinter stecken könnte.
Historische Romane oder Krimis mag ich vor allem auch deshalb, um hinter die Kulissen der damaligen Zeit zu blicken. Gerade der Beruf des Henkers und der damit verbundene niedere Stand sind hier bemerkenswert vielseitig und unverblümt dargestellt. Wie schwer gerade diese Menschen und Familien es hatten und wie sich das auf ihre gesellschaftliche Stellung ausgewirkt hat, kann man heute gar nicht mehr nachvollziehen.
"Sowohl Scharfrichter als auch Schauspieler waren ehrlose Berufe, ausgeübt von Menschen, mit denen brave Bürger nichts zu tun haben wollten. Trotzdem erwartete man von beiden Zünften eine handwerklich perfekte und unterhaltsame Ausführung." S. 405
Fazit
Für Fans der Reihe ein MUSS! Rundum gelungener historischer Krimi, mit viel Spannung, neuen Hintergründen zur Familie Kuisl und einer außergewöhnlichen Mörderjagd.
© Aleshanee
Weltenwanderer
Die Henkerstochter Reihe
1 ~ Die Henkerstochter
2 ~ Die Henkerstochter und der schwarze Mönch
3 ~ Die Henkerstocohter und der König der Bettler
4 ~ Der Hexer und die Henkerstochter
5 ~ Die Henkerstochter und der Teufel von Bamberg
Gemeinsam mit seiner Tochter Magdalena und ihrem Mann Simon reist der Henker Jakob Kuisl im Jahre 1668 nach Bamberg. Was als Familienbesuch geplant war, wird jedoch bald zum Alptraum: In Bamberg geht ein Mörder um. Die abgetrennten Gliedmaßen der Opfer werden im Unrat vor den Toren der Stadt gefunden. Schnell verbreitet sich das Gerücht, die Morde seien das Werk eines Werwolfs. Jakob Kuisl mag sich diesem Aberglauben nicht anschließen und macht sich auf die Suche nach dem »Teufel von Bamberg«.
Meine Meinung
Ich mag ja die Reihe um die Henkerstochter echt gerne, aber der fünfte Band hat die vorherigen noch getoppt. Ein bisschen skeptisch war ich vorher schon, weil das Buch um einiges dicker ist, als die Teile vorher, aber ich wurde nicht enttäuscht! Man kann die Bände durchaus einzeln lesen, aber zum besseren Verständnis vor allem zur Familie Kuisl wäre es besser, die Reihenfolge einzuhalten.
Oliver Pötzsch ist sich seinem Stil treu geblieben und man fühlt sich sofort in die damalige Zeit zurückversetzt. Vor allem die Dialoge wirken in ihrer leicht bayerischen Mundart sehr authentisch und nie übertrieben. Die Perspektiven wechseln zwischen den Protagonisten, was mir einen sehr guten Überblick geschaffen hat und vor allem konnte ich auch die Gedanken und Gefühle der Figuren sehr gut nachvollziehen.
Der Henker Jakob Kuisl kommt schön langsam in die Jahre. Er ist immer noch ein bärbeißiger, unwirscher und grober Kerl, der sich durch seine Arbeit eine sehr raue Schale zulegen musste. Trotzdem hab ich ihn schon lange in mein Herz geschlossen, denn das sitzt trotz seinem brutalen "Job" immer noch auf dem rechten Fleck.
Sein Bruder, Bartholomäus, von dem man in diesem Band zum ersten Mal hört, lebt einige Meilen von Jakobs Heimat in Bamberg. Warum die beiden Brüder sich schon so viele Jahre nicht gesehen haben und was sie damals auseinandergetrieben hat, ist ein wohl gehütetes Geheimnis in Jakobs Familie. Die ständigen Stänkereien sind für alle Familienmitglieder nicht einfach zu ertragen und vor allem Magdalena, Jakobs Tochter, muss oft mit ihrem vorlauten Mundwerk dazwischenfahren.
Sie ist mittlerweile mit dem Bader Simon Fronwieser verheiratet. Dadurch hat er sich einige Chancen vespielt, denn eine Henkerstochter gilt als niedrigster Stand und somit ist ihm eine hohe Laufbahn als Medicus verwehrt.
Die Morde, die das Städtchen Bamberg seit einigen Wochen erschüttern, sind mysteriös und lassen viel Spielraum für eigene Vermutungen. Der Autor hat es geschafft, keinen Moment Langeweile aufkommen zu lassen. Die vielen Verwicklungen in der Kuisl Familie, die Schauspieltruppe, die zur gleichen Zeit in Bamberg weilt und die hohen Würdenträger der Kirche, die nur allzu gerne einen Werwolf als Täter verurteilen würden, hat mich lange rätseln lassen, in welchem Zusammenhang die Morde wohl stehen. Es passiert sehr viel und die Spannung steigt gegen Ende immer mehr, während man langsam ahnt, wer tatsächlich dahinter stecken könnte.
Historische Romane oder Krimis mag ich vor allem auch deshalb, um hinter die Kulissen der damaligen Zeit zu blicken. Gerade der Beruf des Henkers und der damit verbundene niedere Stand sind hier bemerkenswert vielseitig und unverblümt dargestellt. Wie schwer gerade diese Menschen und Familien es hatten und wie sich das auf ihre gesellschaftliche Stellung ausgewirkt hat, kann man heute gar nicht mehr nachvollziehen.
"Sowohl Scharfrichter als auch Schauspieler waren ehrlose Berufe, ausgeübt von Menschen, mit denen brave Bürger nichts zu tun haben wollten. Trotzdem erwartete man von beiden Zünften eine handwerklich perfekte und unterhaltsame Ausführung." S. 405
Fazit
Für Fans der Reihe ein MUSS! Rundum gelungener historischer Krimi, mit viel Spannung, neuen Hintergründen zur Familie Kuisl und einer außergewöhnlichen Mörderjagd.
© Aleshanee
Weltenwanderer
Die Henkerstochter Reihe
1 ~ Die Henkerstochter
2 ~ Die Henkerstochter und der schwarze Mönch
3 ~ Die Henkerstocohter und der König der Bettler
4 ~ Der Hexer und die Henkerstochter
5 ~ Die Henkerstochter und der Teufel von Bamberg
November 12, 2016
I'm well invested in this series so I'm all in. This book didn't disappoint at all. I still love the characters and I love the old Bavarian historical setting. It's all very exciting, but it is starting to feel a little formulaic. It's a good series and I'm going to stick with it. You should really start with book one if you're interested.
November 23, 2023
Otkako čitam ovaj serijal, konačno razumijem frazu "žao mi je stići do kraja knjige". Potzsch piše tako razigrano, slikovito i maštovito, a usput iznosi brutalne i nevjerovatne povijesne činjenice. Ma prava poslastica, jedva čekam sljedeći prevod!
"Umrijet ćemo bez razloga. Ali tko kaže da za smrt treba postojati neki poseban razlog?"
"Umrijet ćemo bez razloga. Ali tko kaže da za smrt treba postojati neki poseban razlog?"
February 8, 2025
The old deep forest of Bavaria is a great atmosphere for a legend to be told.
Not the classic werewolf story, but werewolf-adjacent. Anything more would be a spoiler and I’m not going there.
I rated high as I enjoyed the elements, pace, players, and mood. However, it’s not a book I recommend for my fellow cryptid fans.
Not the classic werewolf story, but werewolf-adjacent. Anything more would be a spoiler and I’m not going there.
I rated high as I enjoyed the elements, pace, players, and mood. However, it’s not a book I recommend for my fellow cryptid fans.
June 8, 2021
I was fascinated by this book once I read the author researched his family history and wrote about his ancestors! I love Genealogy and the concept of writing one's family story. His writing provides wonderful details of the settings and characters making the story very entertaining. He wrote a series and this book was my first. I will read more in the series and the few other books he wrote as well.
August 12, 2017
Fortunately I decided to read the series in order, August 11, 2017
This review is from: The Werewolf of Bamberg (US Edition) (A Hangman's Daughter Tale Book 5) (Kindle Edition)
This is the title which attracted me to the Hangman's Daughter series of historical mysteries and adventures. Fortunately I decided to read the series in order. If I had begun with this one it may have been a while before or even if I read the others. This one is just not the same quality plotting and writing as the first four volumes. The relationships among the characters are not as interesting or realistic. Jakob Kuisl is not his usual sharp and competent self, particularly at the end where he blunders badly during the rescue of his daughter. He did much better in a previous volume when rescuing his other daughter. If you have been reading the series, then by all means you should read and probably enjoy this novel. If you are contemplating starting this series, start with a different volume. I recommend the first one. Three stars compared to Mr. Potzsch's other work. Four stars compared to other efforts in the historical mystery genre.
I downloaded this book via Kindle Unlimited.
This review is from: The Werewolf of Bamberg (US Edition) (A Hangman's Daughter Tale Book 5) (Kindle Edition)
This is the title which attracted me to the Hangman's Daughter series of historical mysteries and adventures. Fortunately I decided to read the series in order. If I had begun with this one it may have been a while before or even if I read the others. This one is just not the same quality plotting and writing as the first four volumes. The relationships among the characters are not as interesting or realistic. Jakob Kuisl is not his usual sharp and competent self, particularly at the end where he blunders badly during the rescue of his daughter. He did much better in a previous volume when rescuing his other daughter. If you have been reading the series, then by all means you should read and probably enjoy this novel. If you are contemplating starting this series, start with a different volume. I recommend the first one. Three stars compared to Mr. Potzsch's other work. Four stars compared to other efforts in the historical mystery genre.
I downloaded this book via Kindle Unlimited.
September 22, 2017
I do not want to go into details, but this book felt more of a child's fairy tale than an adult thriller. For a moment at the beginning, it was so good since I was looking forward to witnessing the pure hatred between Jakob and Bartholomaus, and how Sebastian Harsee would turn the Werewolf killings to his favor. Suffice it to say, none of that happened.
The brothers forgave each other (I still have no idea how that was possible), and Harsee died before he could take advantage of anyone. It was all about family and helping each other catch the bad guy (who was caught with no one important dying or getting permanently hurt) in a place where the ruler was too stupid to be taken seriously.
Suffice it to say, the tale is too good to be true. But it gave me a lot of information about Bamberg's history (I now want to visit and see the Town Hall set on a river, and Cathedral) and the infamous 17th Century witch trials. Also, the fact that the story was based on true life events at certain points was a plus. Hence the two stars.
The brothers forgave each other (I still have no idea how that was possible), and Harsee died before he could take advantage of anyone. It was all about family and helping each other catch the bad guy (who was caught with no one important dying or getting permanently hurt) in a place where the ruler was too stupid to be taken seriously.
Suffice it to say, the tale is too good to be true. But it gave me a lot of information about Bamberg's history (I now want to visit and see the Town Hall set on a river, and Cathedral) and the infamous 17th Century witch trials. Also, the fact that the story was based on true life events at certain points was a plus. Hence the two stars.
May 1, 2016
Another Hangman's Daughter story. Well written, kept my attentuon from the start right to the end. I believe there will be another, maybe involving pirates? The Kusil clan is intresting, and based on real historical people. I will keep reading them as long as they are written. Highly recommended.
September 1, 2016
Loved it. Hope his next one comes out soon!
June 11, 2020
Für mich der bislang beste Band der Reihe :)
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September 12, 2025
3.5⭐️
This was a good addition to the Hangman’s Daughter’s series but it was let down by some strange translation decisions - I don’t think I’ve read a book where the word “basically”was said so many times and used so strangely in sentences. There was also the addition of some modern language that felt strange and incongruous to a book based in the 1660s. However, the intrigue and the plot of the book in trying to find out the who, what, why of what is going on in Bamberg was a great ride and kept me intrigued for over 500 pages.
I have some personal gripes about some of the characters in the books, especially the endings for some of them and the interpersonal relationships between others. I understand that you have created characters who are stubborn and angry and act accordingly but sometimes it feels like they none of the characters actually want to speak to each other. The constant bullying of each character to hurry them up got on my nerves, especially when a character would interrupt after being annoyed that someone had just interrupted them.
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I didn’t like the way the narrative treated the character of Jeremias. It felt like he was given too soft of an ending for essentially being a cold-blooded killer - not in regard to his job as a hangman but in his murder of Clara the prostitute. This murder almost seemed to be treated as lesser than the rest because she had previously blackmailed him by the main cast. And in the end he dies in a type of “hero’s death” after having saved Barbara. It was a strange twist as well seeing as the first half the book tried to send the message that just because someone looks like a “monster” that doesn’t mean they actually are one, but then after this the author still makes him a murderer???? It felt quite contradictory.
This was a good addition to the Hangman’s Daughter’s series but it was let down by some strange translation decisions - I don’t think I’ve read a book where the word “basically”was said so many times and used so strangely in sentences. There was also the addition of some modern language that felt strange and incongruous to a book based in the 1660s. However, the intrigue and the plot of the book in trying to find out the who, what, why of what is going on in Bamberg was a great ride and kept me intrigued for over 500 pages.
I have some personal gripes about some of the characters in the books, especially the endings for some of them and the interpersonal relationships between others. I understand that you have created characters who are stubborn and angry and act accordingly but sometimes it feels like they none of the characters actually want to speak to each other. The constant bullying of each character to hurry them up got on my nerves, especially when a character would interrupt after being annoyed that someone had just interrupted them.
SPOILERS
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I didn’t like the way the narrative treated the character of Jeremias. It felt like he was given too soft of an ending for essentially being a cold-blooded killer - not in regard to his job as a hangman but in his murder of Clara the prostitute. This murder almost seemed to be treated as lesser than the rest because she had previously blackmailed him by the main cast. And in the end he dies in a type of “hero’s death” after having saved Barbara. It was a strange twist as well seeing as the first half the book tried to send the message that just because someone looks like a “monster” that doesn’t mean they actually are one, but then after this the author still makes him a murderer???? It felt quite contradictory.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 26, 2021
Ah, who could pass up a six-hundred page novel with "werewolf" in the title? Not I! And, having picked it up, who could put it down again? Ha! Just try it. This gorgeous novel had me reading around the clock and blissfully oblivious to social media - not an easy task, dear reader, I am ashamed to note.
But I digress!
The fifth tale in the Hangman's Daughter series finds the Kuisl family traveling to Bamberg to attend Jakob's brother's wedding. Alas, the first hint of trouble finds them before they even arrive in town, when a severed arm is discovered close to their encampment. Bamberg, when they reach it, rings with gossip about the werewolves terrorizing the area and, to make matters worse, bad blood still flows between Jakob and his brother. Jakob's youngest daughter becomes enamored of a local actor (!) and his son George seems distant. All of which is to say that Magdelena (Jakob's daughter) and her physician husband Simon have a bit more than usual on their plate if they plan to set things right.
Oliver Potzsch has struck gold with this wonderful series, and I love that much of his knowledge about this time and place in history was handed down through generations in his own family - who just happened to be hangmen back in the day. Fascinating! These books belong on every must-read list.
But I digress!
The fifth tale in the Hangman's Daughter series finds the Kuisl family traveling to Bamberg to attend Jakob's brother's wedding. Alas, the first hint of trouble finds them before they even arrive in town, when a severed arm is discovered close to their encampment. Bamberg, when they reach it, rings with gossip about the werewolves terrorizing the area and, to make matters worse, bad blood still flows between Jakob and his brother. Jakob's youngest daughter becomes enamored of a local actor (!) and his son George seems distant. All of which is to say that Magdelena (Jakob's daughter) and her physician husband Simon have a bit more than usual on their plate if they plan to set things right.
Oliver Potzsch has struck gold with this wonderful series, and I love that much of his knowledge about this time and place in history was handed down through generations in his own family - who just happened to be hangmen back in the day. Fascinating! These books belong on every must-read list.
July 5, 2023
The historical aspect in this book concerning the social hierarchy of church and the people is interesting, but what is especially interesting is the painful necessity of a hangman and how society views and treats him and his family. Two brothers, both hangmen, have a painful history and must come together for a wedding. Traveling to weddings is never fun. And werewolves are always a good read.
However I just couldn't get past the fact this book read like an episode of Scooby Doo (Hey gang! Let's dress up like werewolves and break into the jail and release a guy I don't even know but my teenage daughter is crying about how much she loves him). Starring a toxic family that might actually love one another but the father is an all around cruel jerk in this book and I was pained when he slapped his daughter and called his teen son a bedwetter.
The author consistently referred to one of the female characters as fat. The bishop suffragan was written as one-dimension of evil. Simon's wackadoodle idea at the end made me roll my eyes. And it should have been interesting to have the two hangman brothers together after so many years but instead they constantly argue and bicker to the point of boredom, and without any resolve.
While the mystery was actually clever with multiple layers, the rest just left me with a bad taste in my mouth and I think I'm done with the Kuisl family.
However I just couldn't get past the fact this book read like an episode of Scooby Doo (Hey gang! Let's dress up like werewolves and break into the jail and release a guy I don't even know but my teenage daughter is crying about how much she loves him). Starring a toxic family that might actually love one another but the father is an all around cruel jerk in this book and I was pained when he slapped his daughter and called his teen son a bedwetter.
The author consistently referred to one of the female characters as fat. The bishop suffragan was written as one-dimension of evil. Simon's wackadoodle idea at the end made me roll my eyes. And it should have been interesting to have the two hangman brothers together after so many years but instead they constantly argue and bicker to the point of boredom, and without any resolve.
While the mystery was actually clever with multiple layers, the rest just left me with a bad taste in my mouth and I think I'm done with the Kuisl family.
May 20, 2020
What I like about this series is that I get a thrilling story and I get to learn a whole lot about how real people lived in the Middle Ages. Not the kings and princesses, but the townsfolk with their various important jobs to the community. Yes,there is the basis of the family of executioners, but beyond that I get to discover the other tasks that go along with that—remover of dead carcasses, street cleaner, healer. The books are extra long (generally almost 600 pages) but are completely engaging. Takes another day to finish, but not double because I read more to get to the conclusion.
In this story, the executioner and his family are visiting his brother, another executioner, to attend his marriage. While they are there, the spectre of werewolves preying on some mighty fine folks is front and center.
In this story, the executioner and his family are visiting his brother, another executioner, to attend his marriage. While they are there, the spectre of werewolves preying on some mighty fine folks is front and center.
August 25, 2025
This is the fifth book in the Hangman's Daughter series. Published in German and then translated into English.
The series is set in the 17th Century and follows Hangman Jakob Kuisl and his family who are traveling for Jakobs brothers wedding. On route they find several human limbs.
Once the family arrive they find themselves in the middle of a werewolf mystery.
The build up to this book through the previous four and the character development and relationships within the family makes reading this book feel like you are reading about friends.
The series is set in the 17th Century and follows Hangman Jakob Kuisl and his family who are traveling for Jakobs brothers wedding. On route they find several human limbs.
Once the family arrive they find themselves in the middle of a werewolf mystery.
The build up to this book through the previous four and the character development and relationships within the family makes reading this book feel like you are reading about friends.
November 17, 2017
Very intense
This book actually had me shaking in my boots and I would only be able to read it during the day cause that night that would scare the living daylights out of me of course it was my mind that did that but nonetheless it was excellent writing
This book actually had me shaking in my boots and I would only be able to read it during the day cause that night that would scare the living daylights out of me of course it was my mind that did that but nonetheless it was excellent writing
September 22, 2017
I thought sequels were supposed to get worse as they went along! I absolutely loved the 5th book in this series. it's like a medieval sherlock Holmes!
January 15, 2018
This is series that I really enjoy. This book was no exception (although it was a bit long). Make sure to read the author notes at the end to see how the story matches up with real historic events!
November 12, 2018
I'm still enjoying this series about a 17th century executioner in Germany, but the last couple of books have been very long. In this one Jakob travels to visit his brother, also a hangman, and has to solve a series of murders that locals are blaming on a werewolf.
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