[bksvol-discuss] Submitted/historical fiction/mystery
- From: "Deborah Murray" <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:54:12 -0500
Hi all,
I've just submitted for proofing "The Hangman's Daughter; A Historical
Novel" by Oliver Potzsch.
It's been read through with errors corrected; headers stripped; section
titles and page numbers present/protected; text formatted. 437 pages.
Description:
Germany, 1660: When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely
tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate
whether witchcraft is at play in his small Bavarian town. Whispers and dark
memories of witch trials and the women burned at stake just seventy years
earlier still haunt the streets of Schongau. When more children disappear
and an orphan boy is found dead marked by the same tattoo the mounting
hysteria threatens to erupt into chaos. Before the unrest forces him to
torture and execute the very woman who aided in the birth of his children,
Jakob must unravel the truth. With the help of his clever daughter,
Magdelena, and Simon, the university-educated son of the town's physician,
Jakob discovers that a devil is indeed loose in Schongau. But it may be too
late to prevent bloodshed. A brilliantly detailed, fast-paced historical
thriller, The Hangman's Daughter is the first novel from German television
screenwriter Oliver PAtzsch, a descendent of the Kuisls, a famous Bavarian
executioner clan.
Deborah
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