Oliver Pötzsch

The New York Times bestselling author of The Hangman's Daughter returns with the first volume in a brand-new mystery series which introduces a gravedigger and young inspector who must stop a serial killer in fin de siecle Vienna—the period during which modern criminology was born.

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....

While putting away books from an estate sale purchase, rare book-dealer Steven Lukas finds a box he's never seen before wedged between books on a high shelf....

1662: Jakob Kuisl, the hangman of a village in the Alps, receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit....

Wien, 1896: Ausgerechnet bei dem Zaubertrick "Die zersägte Jungfrau" stirbt die junge Bühnendarstellerin vor dem schockierten Publikum. Inspektor Leopold von Herzfeldt ermittelt, ihm dicht auf den Fersen ist die Reporterin Julia Wolf, seine unglückliche große Liebe.

A young man’s destined quest becomes a dance with the devil in a mesmerizing retelling of the Faust legend by the bestselling author of the Hangman’s Daughter series....

1486: Knittlingen ist ein ruhiger Ort im Kraichgau. Bis zu dem Tag, als die Gaukler in die Stadt kommen - und plötzlich Kinder verschwinden...

It is 1648, a small village in the Alps: In the thick of a blizzard,a town priest discovers he’s been poisoned....

Kyle's great-grandfather once possessed a silver lance that, according to legend, gave its owner invincible power. The lance is now missing, and Kyle is always looking for it....

Der goldene Herbst 1518 neigt sich dem Ende. Sechs Jahre sind vergangen, seitdem der berühmte Magier Johann Georg Faustus aus Nürnberg...

It is 1670 and Simon Fronwieser is in the town of Oberammergau to bring his seven-year-old son to boarding school....

In 1672, hangman Jakob Kuisl and his family travel to Munich for a meeting of the hangmen’s guild. But something dark is happening behind the scenes: in the past weeks, young women have begun turning up dead....

This thrilling fourth entry in the Hangman's Daughter series features scheming monks, murderous robots, and the action and intrigue that never seem to cease when the Kuisls are on a case....

In 1668, hangman Jakob Kuisl, his daughter Magdalena, and her husband Simon are traveling to the town of Bamberg....

Die Henkerstochter auf der Spur einer landesweiten Verschwörung. Sommer 1679. Die Pest, die in Wien bereits Tausende Opfer gefordert hat...

1524. Die deutschen Lande werden von den Bauernkriegen zerrissen. Dem Adel droht der Verlust der Macht, dem Volk Hunger und Tod...

In this thrilling adventure by bestselling author Oliver Pötzsch, thirteen-year-old Lukas has been trained as a swordsman by his father, a nobleman who was once a famed Musketeer....

Geht in Wien ein tödlicher Fluch um? Wien 1894: Totengräber Augustin Rothmayer wird von Inspektor Leopold von Herzfeldt um einen...

1683: Das Reich ist in Gefahr, denn das osmanische Heer steht kurz vor Wien und ein vernichtender Krieg scheint unausweichlich. Auch um den alten Henker...

In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolt against the harsh treatment by their aristocratic overlords....