The Dark Monk
by Oliver Potzsch | 
The Poisoned Pilgrim
by Oliver Potzsch | 
The Werewolf of Bamberg
by Oliver Potzsch | 
City of Shadows
by Ariana Franklin | 
The Play of Death
by Oliver Potzsch | 
The Hangman's Daughter
by Oliver Potzsch |
The Rival Queens
by Fidelis Morgan | 
The Council of Twelve
by Oliver Potzsch | 
Thief of Souls
by Ann Benson | 
Bone Rattler
by Eliot Pattison | 
The Anatomy of Deception
by Lawrence Goldstone | 
Persona Non Grata
by Ruth Downie |
Crow Hollow
by Michael Wallace | 
Search the Seven Hills
by Barbara Hambly | 
Shadow and Light
by Jonathan Rabb | 
The Story Keeper
by Anna Mazzola |
Entry Island
by Peter May | 
November Road
by Lou Berney | 
The American Boy
by Andrew Taylor | 
Painting the Darkness
by Robert Goddard |
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. When the city constable discovers Kuisl alongside the corpse she locks him in a dungeon, where Kuisl will experience first-hand the torture he's administered himself for years. As nightmares assail him, Kuisl can only hope to prevail on the Regensburg executioner to show mercy to a fellow hangman. Kuisl's steely daughter, Magdalena, and her young doctor paramour, Simon, rush to Regensburg and try to save Jakob, enlisting an underground network of beggars, a beer-brewing monk, and an Italian playboy for help. Navigating the labyrinthine city, they learn there is much more behind the false accusation than a personal vendetta: there is a plan that will endanger the entire German Empire.Chock-full of fascinating historical detail, The Beggar King brings to vibrant life another tremendous tale of an unlikely hangman and his tough-as-nails daughter, confirming Potzsch's mettle as a storyteller at the height of his powers.