Jacob Kuizl – a formidable executioner from the ancient Bavarian town of Shongau. It is with his hands that justice will be performed. The townspeople are afraid and avoid Jacob, considering the executioner akin to the devil …
In April 1659, Schongau residents covered horror. On the eve of spring festivities, orphans die one by one. Each has a mysterious sign on the shoulder, similar to the witchcraft. God sees, the local healer is to blame for everything – the old witch Marta Stetehlin! She often talked with poor children suspiciously! Jacob Kuizl, by order of the City Council, must tear out a recognition from the witch with the witch in the commission of God -improper acts. But the executioner knows Marta too well … He does not believe in her guilt and begins his own investigation. Investigation, doomed to the tragic finale, if not for the help of his daughter – the beauties of Magdalena …
Author
Pick Oliver
Translator
Prokorov R.N.
Publisher
Eksmo, 2016
Series
New masterpiece of a European detective
Genre
Modern foreign prose
16+
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