The Council of Twelve, Oliver Potzsch
The Council of Twelve, Oliver Potzsch
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The Council of Twelve

Author: Oliver Pötzsch, Lisa Reinhardt

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 17 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/29/2018


Synopsis

The seventh chilling mystery in the bestselling Hangman’s Daughter series.The year is 1672. Hangman Jakob Kuisl and his family travel to Munich, the cosmopolitan heart of Bavaria, for a meeting of the prestigious Council of Twelve, the leaders of the empire’s hangmen’s guild—prestigious for dishonourable hangmen at least. But something dark is happening behind the scenes: in the past weeks, young women have begun turning up dead. At first the authorities assume they are a rash of suicides, but when Kuisl notices that each woman possesses a matching amulet, suspicions arise that someone is murdering them. With no suspects, the superstitious townsfolk of Munich blame the hangmen’s guild, certain that they have called the devil upon the city. Joined by his daughter Magdalena, son-in-law Simon, the rest of his extended family and a slew of eccentric hangmen, Kuisl must solve the mystery of who is murdering the women. If he fails, the consequences could reverberate across the empire, affecting all the hangmen in Germany.

About Oliver Pötzsch

Oliver Pötzsch, born in 1970, has worked for years as a scriptwriter for Bavarian television. He is a descendant of one of Bavaria’s leading dynasties of executioners. Pötzsch lives in Munich with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Aleshanee on July 20, 2017

Man nimmt ja an, dass hier die Henkerstochter Magdalena im Vordergrund der Geschichten steht - doch bisher war es vor allem ihr Vater, der Henker Jakob Kuisl, der im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens stand. Und ich hab den grüblerischen, wortkargen und zum Jähzorn neigenden Alten wirklich sehr ins Herz ges......more

Goodreads review by Ozymandias on February 12, 2021

I really wasn’t expecting it from the plot description, but this was my favorite book in the series since the first one. The basic plot is that the hangmen’s guild (the eponymous Council of Twelve) is meeting up in Munich and Kuisl’s been invited to join. The family comes along of course, and so we......more

Goodreads review by Monica on August 02, 2018

I love this series! Set in the 17th century in Germany I am always left wondering who did it. The characters are well thought out and I really care what happens to them. I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves historical fiction and mystery.......more


Quotes

“Enthralling . . . . Pötzsch does his usual excellent job of making the period vivid, while offering surprising twists . . . This is a superior historical mystery.” —Publishers Weekly,starred review