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Title Statement | The play of death: a Hangman Daughter's tale / Oliver Pötzsch ; translated by Lee Chadeayne. |
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Series | Hangman's daughter tale |
Author | Pötzsch, Oliver |
Additional Contributors | Chadeayne, Lee |
Publication | Boston: Mariner Books,2017. |
Edition | First Mariner Books edition. |
Extent of Item | xvi, 493 pages |
ISBN | 132866208X (pbk.) 9781328662088 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3071691 |
General Notes | Translation of: Die Henkerstochter und das Spiel des Todes. "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt". |
Summary | After news of a shocking murder reaches Simon Fronwieser, he is brought in to examine the body. The opportunities to spend more time with his son and to investigate the murder quickly convince him to stay. Soon he is joined by his father-in-law, Jakob Kuisl, the Schongau hangman, and the two begin piecing together the puzzle of the actor's death. Once again it looks like it is up to the Kuisls to unravel the mystery and bring a town's dark secrets to light. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Actors--Fiction--Crimes against |
Murder--Fiction--Investigation | |
By Location | Germany--Fiction--History--1648-1740 |
Germany--Fiction--History--17th century | |
By Genre | Mystery fiction |
Historical fiction | |
Suspense fiction |