The Play of Death (The Hangmans Daughter, #6)

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It is 1670 and Simon Fronwieser is in the town of Oberammergau to bring his seven year old son to boarding school As he bids his boy a tearful farewell, news comes of a shocking murder the man who was to play the part of Christ in the town s Passion play has been found dead, nailed to the set s cross As there is no doctor in town, Simon is brought in to examine the body The opportunities to spend time with his son and to investigate the murder quickly convince him to stay.Soon he is joined by his father in law, Jakob Kuisl, the Schongau hangman, and the two begin piecing together the puzzle of the actor s death Was he murdered by a jealous rival Are the recently arrived and unpopular immigrant workers somehow involved Or is it a punishment from God for the villagers arrogance in trying to schedule the play four years earlier than prescribed by ancient custom Once again it looks like it is up to the Kuisls to unravel the mystery and bring a town s dark secrets to light. Read The Play of Death (The Hangmans Daughter, #6) – kino-fada.fr Although a little overly long, I enjoyed this well written historical mystery Jacob s drinking lands him in trouble and gives the council a reason to possibly oust him as hangman, Barbara is bringing shame on her dishonorable family...Es geht weiter mit den Geschichten um den Henker Jakob KuislHab schon von ihm geh rt Ein wilder Hund soll das sein, j hzornig und gradaus, dabei schlau wie ein FuchsS 204Ich wollte ja eigentlich von so weit fortgesetzten Reihen keine Rezensionen mehr schreiben, da sie kaum gelesen werden, aber bei diesem tollen Buch muss ich e...why have I read these books up til now beats me as I actually bought a number of them and usually did not enjoy the reading experience Note to Self StopPotzsch always writes a great book, but his insistence on drawing parallels between Oberammergauers hating outsiders and the Islam problem in Europe today is unforgivable.In his notes, he mentions the right wing hate groups he modeled that part of the story after Sorry Potzsch, but one doesn t have to be right wing, or hate people to realize that Europe is chock full ofrapes, violence, and terrorist attacks thanks to unfettered islamic immigration Islam is to be feared And its not rac Potzsch always writes a great book, but his insistence on drawing parallels between Oberammergauers hating outsiders and the Islam problem in Europe today is unforgivable.In his notes, he mentions the right wing hate groups he modeled that part of the story after Sorry Potzsch, but one doesn t have to be right wing, or hate people to realize that Europe is chock full ofrapes, violence, ...I received this from netgalley.com in exchange for a review This is the 6th book in the Hangman series This one felt evendrawn out and could have been at least 100 pgs shorter.3It s not my favorite, but I enjoyed it well enough I think it s probably time for this series to wrap up.Thank you Netgalley for an early reader copy in exchange for an unbiased review I loved The Play of Death , Oliver Potzsch s latest in book in The Hangman s Daughter series With the usual cast of characters Magdalena, the hangman s daughter Jakob Kuisl, the hangman of Schongau Simon, Magdalena s wife and assorted neighbors, politicians and so on , the story moves from Schongau to nearby Oberammergau, home of the famous Passion Play Simon is taking his son Peter to Oberammergau to attend Thank you Netgalley for an early reader copy in exchange for an unbiased review I loved The Play of Death , Oliver Potzsch s latest in book in The Hangman s Daughter series With the usual cast of characters Magdalena, the hangman s daughter Jakob Kuisl, the hangman of Schongau Simon, Magdalena s wife and assorted neighbors, politicians and so on , the story moves from Schongau to nearby Oberammergau, home of the famous Passion Play Simon is taking his son Peter to Oberammergau to attend school there, where he can hopefully be free of the taint of being the hangman s grandson, and can get the education that will give himopportunities in life But the two arrive in town to find that a grisly murder has just occurred the man who is to play Jesus in the Passion Play have been cr...I have read all six of these novels and I ve grown to care for the Kuisl family, from Jacob the hangman to Magdalena and Simon, his daughter and son in law to the twins, Peter and Paul, Jacob s grandsons Their adventures are very in depth with all my...Another splendid book in the Hangman s Daughter series The writing is consistently good throughout the books I enjoy seeing how the characters develop over the span of years, from the first book through the sixth I m looking forward to the 7th book that will be out in May.Awesome, as usual i love this series so much

The Play of Death (The Hangmans Daughter, #6)
  • English
  • 15 September 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 512 pages
  • Oliver Pötzsch
  • The Play of Death (The Hangmans Daughter, #6)