The play of death
a Hangman Daughter's tale
First Mariner books edition.
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Author
Contributions
- Chadeayne, Lee, translator - Contributor
Publication
2017 - Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
123,250 words, Guess
Page Count
493 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveplayofdeathhangm0000ptzs
- ISBN-10132866208X
- ISBN-139781328662088
- Library of Congress Control Number2016051868
- OCLC Control Number953709917
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781328662088
- Open LibraryOL27235155M
Classifications
- DDC833/.92
- LCCPT2676.O895 H46413 2017
- LCCPT2676.O895H46413
Description
"The mysterious sixth entry in the Hangman's Daughter series. 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 chance to spend more 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"--
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Series Statement
- A Hangman's daughter tale
- Hangman's Daughter series -- 6.
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