Back in 2010 AmazonCrossing, an imprint of Amazon.com, published its first title, The Hangman's Daughter, a Kindle version of the English-language translation of the 2008 historical thriller Die Henkerstochter by Oliver Pötzsch. It became a runaway bestseller.
Today, the sequel is published: The Dark Monk. It is 1660. Winter has settled thick over a sleepy village in the Bavarian Alps, ensuring every farmer and servant is indoors on the night a parish priest discovers he's been poisoned. As numbness creeps up his body, he summons the last of his strength to scratch a cryptic sign in the frost.
Following a trail of riddles, hangman Jakob Kuisl; his headstrong daughter, Magdalena; and the town physician's son team up with the priest's aristocratic sister to investigate. What they uncover will lead them back to the Crusades, unlocking a troubled history of internal church politics and sending them on a chase for a treasure of the Knights Templar.
But they're not the only ones after the legendary fortune. A team of dangerous and mysterious monks is always close behind, tracking their every move, speaking Latin in the shadows, giving off a strange, intoxicating scent. And to throw the hangman off their trail, they have ensured he is tasked with capturing a band of thieves roving the countryside attacking solitary travelers and spreading panic.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Dark Monk, a sequel to The Hangman's Daughter, Publishes Today
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