The dark monk : a hangman's daughter tale / Oliver Pötzsch ; translated by Lee Chadeayne.
A follow-up to the internationally best-selling The Hangman's Daughter traces the 1648 investigation by hangman Jakob Kuisl, his headstrong daughter and the town physician into the poisoning murder of a priest whose demise is precariously linked to the Crusades and the Knights Templar treasure.
1660: Winter has settled thick over a sleepy village in the Bavarian Alps, ensuring every farmer and servant is indoors the night a parish priest discovers he's been poisoned. As numbness creeps up his body, he summons the last of his strength to scratch a cryptic sign in the frost. Following a trail of riddles, hangman Jakob Kuisl; his headstrong daughter Magdalena; and the town physician's son team up with the priest's aristocratic sister to investigate. What they uncover will lead them back to the Crusades, unlocking a troubled history of internal church politics and sending them on a chase for a treasure of the Knights Templar. But they're not the only ones after the legendary fortune. A team of dangerous and mysterious monks is always close behind, tracking their every move, speaking Latin in the shadows, giving off a strange, intoxicating scent. And to throw the hangman off their trail, they have ensured he is tasked with capturing a band of thieves roving the countryside attacking solitary travelers and spreading panic.
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- ISBN: 9780547807683 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 0547807686 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: xvii, 463 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st Mariner Books ed.
- Publisher: Boston : Mariner Books, 2012.
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General Note: | Translation of: Die Henkerstochter und der schwarze Mönch. |
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Genre: | Suspense fiction. Historical fiction. Occult fiction. |
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Teulon Library | FIC POTZSCH H2 (Text) | 3678707676 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |